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Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden Kindle Edition

by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author), Moon Classics (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Mary Lennox is a sour-faced 10-year-old girl, who is born in India to selfish wealthy British parents who had not wanted her and were too wrapped up in their own lives. She was taken care of primarily by servants, who pacify her as much as possible to keep her out of the way. Spoiled and with a temper, she is unaffectionate, angry, rude and obstinate. Later, there is a cholera epidemic which hits India and kills her mother, father and all the servants. She is discovered alone but alive after the house is empty. She is sent to Yorkshire, England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven at his home called Misselthwaite Manor.

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“Burnett was a romantic. . . . This is her masterpiece; sharply characterized, with the appeal of the gloomy, treasure-filled mansion, the mystery of the plaintive child crying out in the night, and, best of all, the marvelous garden coming back to life in the spring as the children learn how to nurture it.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) grew up in England, but she began writing what was to become The Secret Garden in 1909, when she was creating a garden for a new home in Long Island, New York. Burnett was already established as a novelist for adults when she turned to writing for children. Little Lord Fauntleroy, written for her two young boys; the play A Little Princess, which became the basis for the novel of the same name; and The Secret Garden are the works for which she is most warmly remembered.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08PBZ6V2B
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Moon Classics (November 29, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 29, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 995 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 222 pages

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an American-English novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885–1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).
Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, England. After her father died in 1852, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 immigrated to the United States, settling near Knoxville, Tennessee. There Frances began writing to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines from the age of 19. In 1870 her mother died, and in 1872 Frances married Swan Burnett, who became a medical doctor. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their two sons were born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C., Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o' Lowrie's), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of children's fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess.
Burnett enjoyed socializing and lived a lavish lifestyle. Beginning in the 1880s, she began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her oldest son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life. She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townsend in 1900, and divorced Townsend in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, Long Island, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery.
In 1936 a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honour in Central Park's Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.
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Brian Powell

a treasure of words and pictures

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024

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Loved reading this story again as an adult and the pictures were stunning! I loved that some of them were animated. Such a fun way to update a timeless story. Love heals the soul.

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023

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I remember my grade school teacher reading this book to us, and I read it to my 5th grade students. It's a tale of children in a mansion who share a great secret. This edition is unabridged and beautifully illustrated with interactive elements throughout. It truly has the appearance of the period in which the story is set. I highly recommend it for parent-child sharing or for any child who loves a mystery and adventure.

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Favorite as a kid

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024

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Just reread this for the third time as an adult. Read this when I was 9 and was intrigued by the concept of her being left alone so much. Great book, and I’ll make sure the grands get a copy.

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Kenya Starflight

Not perfect, but still deserves its reputation as a children's classic

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2018

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Despite being a voracious reader, there are some books considered "children's classics" that I have never read. I decided to rectify this recently by picking up "The Secret Garden." I was somewhat familiar with the story, as I'd watched a film adaptation of the story at one point, but am fully aware that books and their movies can often be vastly different. So though I could predict certain things about the story as I read, I still found it an enjoyable read... even if it isn't my favorite book, and certain elements felt strange in their inclusion, especially towards the end.

"The Secret Garden" follows Mary, a spoiled and unlikable young girl and the daughter of a British officer living in India. When her parents die of a terrible sickness, she's shuttled off to England to live with a reclusive uncle, and finds herself lost and alone in the gloomy manor. But as she sets out to explore her new home and make sense of this strange new land, she discovers the titular secret garden -- a garden that has been locked up since her aunt died in a tragic accident ten years ago. Enchanted by the garden, Mary sets out to tend it and bring it back to life, aided by a grouchy gardener, a soft-hearted animal-loving boy named Dickon... and Colin, a cousin who has been locked inside all his life and treated like an invalid. The garden turns out to be just the thing both Mary and Colin need to revitalize themselves... and it just may finally bring healing to a family long broken by tragedy...

"The Secret Garden" is an enchanting novel, told with an almost fairy-tale-like language that evokes the sights, sounds, and smells of the English moors and gardens and their inhabitants. The writing style is lovely, and paints clear pictures in the mind. The heavy Yorkshire accents of certain characters can be tricky at times, but I managed anyhow. And while Dickon as a character feels a little too good to be true, almost straying into Mary-Sue territory, it's nice to see Mary and Colin develop as the book goes in, gaining confidence in themselves and shedding some of the selfishness and bad temper their sheltered lives have given them.

The biggest flaw, in my opinion, is that the book strays into a weird fantasy/magical-realism realm toward the end, which I feel wasn't foreshadowed very well. I love fantasy and don't mind magical realism, but it felt out of place here, especially with Colin going on about studying "magic" while at the same time declaring he wants to be a scientist. It just felt odd to me, and while it might be a product of its time (this book IS over a century old), it did taint my enjoyment somewhat.

Still, complaints aside, I can easily see why "The Secret Garden" enjoys a reputation as a children's classic. It's not the best children's novel I've ever read, but I enjoyed it, and am glad I gave it a chance. Perhaps I'll pick up the author's other classic, "A Little Princess," sometime in the near future...

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Healing from Childhood Innocence

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2024

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Worth the time to read. Impossible to not have one’s own childhood come to mind, both good and bad. One is almost healed from reading such a story of illness to health and the promise of a good future.

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Couldn't Gobble It Up Fast Enough

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2012

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You know you've got a good book on your hands when you read it in great heaping helpings until you feel woozy and sick, and you still want more. I sat down to read this book and suddenly had chewed up almost a hundred pages and felt quite spin-headed, and later that day I read fifty more pages because I just couldn't get enough. *That* is a good book, my friends.

The story concerns one Mary Lennox, a ten-year-old British girl who grows up in India and loses her parents to a cholera epidemic. She is shipped off to England to live with her uncle, whose wife died ten years ago. The wife had an accident and died, and the uncle is still broken-hearted and has retreated from the world. Mary, a contrary and difficult child, slowly comes to life in her new surroundings and makes friends among the servants and their families and with the uncle's own son, a sickly boy named Colin. Colin has all but given up the will to live, and it falls to Mary to wean him off his pessimism and bring him back to life, which process takes up the bulk of the book.

The writing style of this book is fluid and graceful, its vocabulary sophisticated without being difficult. It is an engrossing story about a little girl with some room for improvement, who slowly learns to embrace life and improves for doing so. I have met people who didn't like Mary that much, but I enjoyed her company throughout the book and found it hard to let her go at the end. Her friends are likewise engaging; *all* the central characters are well realized and lively, and the dialogue flows by naturally and reveals the characters well. Though this book was first published over a hundred years ago it reads easily to the modern ear, and there is much here for modern readers to enjoy.

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8yo is OBSESSED!

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024

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This is such a a great way to introduce a kid to classic books! It would make a wonderful gift, too.

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Under the Radar

A Classic That Is Beautifully Illustrated

Reviewed in Canada on November 23, 2023

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A little girl who feels alone and is sent somewhere, where she has to establish new connections. A mysterious setting, characters who must overcome obstacles and the power of friendship. I didn’t want to put any spoilers but there is a reason this is is an enduring delight for new (and repeat) readers.

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Miguel C

Excelente

Reviewed in Mexico on July 24, 2022

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Para empezar llegó dos días antes y sin problema alguno. Salvo una ligera abolladura en la parte inferior del lomo, el libro está en perfectas condiciones. La edición de Minalima es bellísima y todo sus pop ups están protegidos por un papelito adicional. La historia la conozco por la película pero en cuanto al estado del libro todo perfecto y por un buen precio.

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Sheerin taj

Amazing

Reviewed in India on April 23, 2024

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The book is really good. But it has a lot of characters and their backstories so it's a bit confusing... and I got a different cover unlike the one which the picture shows.. the font size of the letters is very small, which makes it difficult to read...

Guillermo Biteri Ramirez

Muy satisfecho

Reviewed in Spain on March 10, 2024

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El libro es una maravilla y ha llegado en perfectas condiciones.

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Nina Mistry-Rhoades

beautifully illustrated book with a heartwarming hopeful story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2024

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I really liked this style of illustration and it helped to tell the classic story very well to a modern or younger audience.
The length of this version of the book is short enough without missing any of the important parts of the story.

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