The Secret Garden

by Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Lawrie, Robin

• ISBN13: 9780140366662
• ISBN10: 0140366660
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-11-01
• Publisher: Puffin

Summary

When orphaned Mary Lennox arrives at Missellthwaite Manor, she slowly discovers the truth about her invalid cousin, Colin, and helps him rebuild his strength and spirit. Full of mystery and romance, this title has never been out of print and has become one of the key classics of children's literature. First published in 1911.

Author Biography

Frances Hodgson Burnett lived from 1849 to 1924. She was born in Manchester and lived in great poverty after the death of her father in 1853. She escaped the horror of her surroundings by writing stories and often returned to a rags-to-riches or a riches-to-rags theme. In 1865 her family accepted a relative’s invitation to emigrate to America. They were still poor but the wide open spaces of Tennesssee were better than the slums of Manchester. Frances had to earn money so began writing short pieces for American magazines. In 1873 she married Dr Swan Burnett, and it was under her married name that she became a world-famous children’s writer.

Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote over forty books; the two that are best-known today are The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy. In later life she became rather eccentric, turned to spiritualism and mystic cults and took to wearing frilly clothes and titian-coloured wigs – this earned her the nickname ‘Fluffy’.

Table of Contents

There's No One Left	p. 9
Mistress Mary Quite Contrary	p. 16
Across the Moor	p. 25
Martha	p. 30
The Cry in the Corridor	p. 48
"There Was Some One Crying-There Was"	p. 56
The Key of the Garden	p. 64
The Robin Who Showed the Way	p. 71
The Strangest House	p. 80
Dickon	p. 91
The Nest of the Missel Thrush	p. 103
"Might I Have a Bit of Earth?"	p. 112
"I Am Colin"	p. 122
A Young Rajah	p. 136
Nest Building	p. 149
"I Won't!" said Mary	p. 162
A Tantrum	p. 170
"Tha' Munnot Waste No Time"	p. 178
"It Has Come!"	p. 186
"I Shall Live Forever"	p. 198
Ben Weatherstaff	p. 207
When the Sun Went Down	p. 218
Magic	p. 224
"Let Them Laugh"	p. 237
The Curtain	p. 250
"It's Mother!"	p. 258
In the Garden	p. 269
Afterword	p. 285
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