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Try actually being a little child from India, and then reading about how India is bad for little children. It's even worse in "The Secret Garden", which has more staying power into adulthood.

"A Little Princess" started out as a long short story. Burnett expanded it to novel length later. I read the short story many years later, and prefer it to the novel. Sarah is a much more interesting character in the short story.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/137/137-h/137-h.htm