Summary

An omniscient narrator introduced the book's main character, Sara Crewe as she arrived in London with her father, Captain Crewe. Sara and her father lived in India where her father was a wealthy businessman. Her mother had died when she was just a baby. Sara was very close to her father and very respectful of him so she did not complain that he was sending her to London for boarding school. Sara is described as peculiar-looking, but attractive. She was tall and slim for her age and had intense facial features. Her greenish-gray eyes really stood out since she had black hair that curled on the ends. She also had long, black eyelashes. Sara thought she was ugly.

Captain Crewe had told his daughter all her life that she would move to London for school when she was seven years old. As their...