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The Secret Garden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

The Secret Garden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

by Alison Lurie (Introduction), Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

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Synopsis

The classic story of orphaned Mary who has been sent to stay at her uncle's manor house in Yorkshire, following the death of her parents from cholera. Mary is spoilt and sickly, but her life changes for the better when she discovers the secret walled garden in the grounds of the house.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 25 Nov 1999
ISBN 10: 0141182180
ISBN 13: 9780141182186
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Author Bio
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'.