Play A Little Princess — an interactive story where YOU are the hero

after the classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1905

Rich, then ruined overnight, banished to the cold attic of the boarding school you once ruled. Play Sara Crewe and stay a princess in rags — kind when it's hardest, imaginative when it's darkest — until the magic next door quietly finds you.

A moment from one playthrough

You come up frozen to the attic and stop in the doorway: a fire is lit, there's a warm quilt, a hot supper steaming — put there by someone unseen while you were scrubbing floors. Miss Minchin mustn't ever know. Eat and ask no questions, or slip to the window to catch whoever's climbing back next door?

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Start free — 10 diamonds when you confirm your email. No subscription; narrated aloud; plays in 26 languages.

The Somni Tales reader: an open book with two pages of a story, an ink illustration, and a “write what you do” bar below.

Live A Little Princess, don't just read it

In this interactive telling of A Little Princess, you don't read about the hero — you are the hero. The Storyteller keeps Frances Hodgson Burnett's world true to the original — its characters, its places, its mood, all held as canon — then narrates every scene aloud and draws the moment you're in as an ink illustration. You type or speak what you do next, and the world answers: it remembers the promises you made, the things you took, and the people you crossed. Follow Frances Hodgson Burnett's plot faithfully, or step off it and watch a brand-new version of A Little Princess unfold — one that still reaches a real ending.

How it works

The Storyteller holds the world of the book as canon — its characters, places and mood — and opens with you as the hero.
Type or speak anything: the world reacts, remembers, and stays true to the original's spirit.
Every playthrough is a brand-new story. Follow the plot — or break it and see what happens.

Common questions about playing A Little Princess

Is A Little Princess free to play on Somni Tales?

You get 10 diamonds free when you confirm your email — enough to open A Little Princess and step into the first scenes. After that, diamonds cost from $5 with no subscription, and unused diamonds are refundable within 14 days.

Do I have to follow Frances Hodgson Burnett's original plot?

No. The Storyteller holds A Little Princess as canon so its world, characters and mood stay true — but your choices write a brand-new telling. Follow the classic beats, or break from them and see where the story goes.

Can I play A Little Princess aloud and in my own language?

Yes — every scene is narrated aloud word by word, and A Little Princess plays in 26 languages. Change the language, voice and reading speed any time from the reader's Settings.