Little S. Elizabeth And Other Stories

This collection, featuring the story of Little S. Elizabeth, introduces readers to a young girl who, despite her immense wealth and privileged upbringing in a French chateau and a grand New York home, experiences a deep internal feeling of being 'poor.' At just eleven, she has governesses, carriages, and is seen as a mysterious princess by her neighbors, yet grapples with her identity and what truly brings fulfillment. The book gently explores themes of self-worth, the complexities of wealth, and the search for belonging, making it suitable for children aged 8-12. It offers a poignant look into a child's emotional world amidst a historical backdrop.

She had not been brought up in America at all. She had been born in France, in a beautiful chAteau, and she had been born heiress to a great fortune, but, nevertheless, just now she felt as if she was very poor, indeed. And yet her home was in one of the most splendid houses in New York. She had a lovely suite of apartments of her own, though she was only eleven years old. She had had her own carriage and a saddle horse, a train of masters, and governesses, and servants, and was regarded by all the children of the neighborhood as a sort of grand and mysterious little princess, whose incomings and outgoings were to be watched with the greatest interest....