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Sara Crewe
Artwork by Ethel Franklin Betts for the 1905 Scribner's sons edition
First appearance	"Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's" (1887)
Created by	Frances Hodgson Burnett
In-universe information
Aliases	Miss Sara Princess Sara
Affiliation	Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies
Origin	British India
Residence	London, England
Family	Ralph Crewe (father)
Friends	Ermengarde Lottie Becky

[LEDE]

Background

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In Burnett's fiction

Sara Crewe's first appearance was in Burnett's novella Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's.

Themes

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In adaptations

[the live-action movies; the animated series; perhaps also an in translation section]

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