The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

thg 12 2022 · Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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The Secret Garden is written by American author Frances Hodgson Burnett and published in book form in 1911. This is novel for children and is a pastoral story of self-healing that became a classic of children’s literature. This book is considered to be among Burnett’s best work. The novel revolves on Mary Lennox, a selfish and disagreeable 10-year-old girl, who is living in India with her wealthy British family. Neglected by her parents, Mary is spoiled by her servants. Mary is orphaned when a cholera epidemic kills her parents and the servants.

After staying briefly with an English clergyman, she is sent to England to live with a widowed uncle, his huge Yorkshire estate, but he is rarely there. Consequently, she is brought to the estate by the head housekeeper who shuts her into a room and tells her not to explore the house. Later on, her interaction with nature transforms her and she becomes kinder and more considerate. The Secret Garden is a tale of transformation and feeling of extreme happiness in the presence of nature. The physical and spiritual healing that Mary experiences in the garden is mirrored in the nature’s seasons.

Giới thiệu tác giả

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was American playwright and author who rose to fame after writing the popular novel Little Lord Fauntleroy. That Lass o’ Lowrie’s was Burnett’s first novel, which had been serialized and published in 1877. Like her short stories, the book contains a remarkable detail in portraying scenes of working-class life. Burnett also wrote the novels Haworth’s (1879), Louisiana (1880), A Fair Barbarian (1881), and Through One Administration (1883), as well as a play, Esmeralda (1881). Burnett’s later books include Sara Crewe, dramatized as The Little Princess), and The Secret Garden, both of which were also written for children. The Lady of Quality (1896) has been considered the best of her other plays. In 1893 she published a memoir of her youth, The One I Knew Best of All.