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The Secret Garden is a children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in The American Magazine (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English children's literature.
The Secret Garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett. 4.16. 1,187,814 ratings29,320 reviews. In a house full of sadness and secrets, can young, orphaned Mary find happiness? Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents.
6 days ago · The Secret Garden, novel for children written by American author Frances Hodgson Burnett and published in book form in 1911. The pastoral story of self-healing through nature and companionship became a classic of children’s literature and is considered to be among Burnett’s best work.
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About The Secret Garden. “The Secret Garden should be on every child’s bookshelf.”—Amanda Craig, The Time An enchanting story of transformation and compassion, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden is widely considered to be one of the most important works of children’s literature.
Dec 26, 2005 · The sun shone down for nearly a week on the secret garden. The Secret Garden was what Mary called it when she was thinking of it. She liked the name, and she liked still more the feeling that when its beautiful old walls shut her in no one knew where she was. It seemed almost like being shut out of the world in some fairy place.
Jan 1, 2001 · Bored and lonely, Mary befriends Dickon, a local boy who talks with animals. Together they discover a secret garden that has been locked and forgotten for ten years and as they begin to bring the garden back to life, its secrets are revealed and the lives of those around them are transformed.
Opening the door into the innermost places of the heart, The Secret Garden is a timeless classic that has left generations of readers with warm, lifelong memories of its magical charms. When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen…
As a writer in the Golden Age of children's literature, The Secret Garden joins classic children's novels such as Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie, L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
