people bang on about Little Women and Anne of Green Gables but I’m still waiting for the Netflix series adaptation of A Little Princess bc I genuinely think Sara Crewe is the dark academia millennial heroine we need right now. like this girl is born into massive privilege and then toppled completely and crushed by the system that she once profited from. she’s so into stories and learning for knowledge’s sake that her limited access to books is one of the things that weighs on her most when she loses everything. she’s proud and determined and resilient and unwaveringly solid in her knowledge that she has worth as a person no matter what her circumstances. she makes friends with the rats and sparrows. she can be a bit of a dick but she learns not to be. she tries no matter what to see everyone as an individual human being with an infinite galaxy of worth and beauty inside them.
fuck Anne Shirley, give me Sara Crewe energy.
(alsoyeah I’m obliged to point out that like most things from the past it is not perfect in terms of classism and racism and colonialism, which is why it needs a Netflix series to keep the story’s heart true and update some of the less happymaking content)
