The Secret Garden (Dover Children's Evergreen Classics)
A classic piece of children’s literature first published as a novel in 1911, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden is a story of transformation and renewal. Unwanted by her parents, Mary Lennox, a spoiled, selfish young girl is raised in India by servants. When cholera breaks out killing...
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A classic piece of children’s literature first published as a novel in 1911, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden is a story of transformation and renewal. Unwanted by her parents, Mary Lennox, a spoiled, selfish young girl is raised in India by servants. When cholera breaks out killing her parents and most of the servants, Mary is sent to live with a mostly absent uncle in England. It seems as though no one cares for Mary, and that Mary will never care for anyoneuntil she steps into the secret garden, and her life begins to change.Now available in this Canterbury Classics edition with a special heat-burnished cover, foil stamping, and designed endpapers, this hopeful and beautiful novel is the perfect gift for every childand every adult who remembers that first moment when he or she began to finally grow up.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486407845 (0486407845)
Publish date: June 10th 1999
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
TITLE: The Secret Garden AUTHOR: Frances Hodgson Burnett _______________________ DESCRIPTION: "An orphaned girl, a grim moorland manor with hundreds of empty rooms, strange cries in the night, and a walled garden, with its door locked and the key buried. These are the ingredients of one of th...
This book is about a spoiled little girl who's parents died of a horrible disease. She is sent to live with her widowed uncle. There she goes on many adventures and finds a few new friends. This is a book for upper elementary. I would use this lesson in association with history. This book was set i...
Mary moves to go live with her uncle after her family in India all dies. Mary is a stubborn child and isn't interested in going. However, once she gets there, she falls in love with the gardens and learns to behave better and be more appreciative.
Lubię tajemnice. Sekrety, które mają moc zmieniania ludzi. Czary, które sprawiają, że chory zdrowieje. Lubię "Tajemniczy ogród", w którym można znaleźć magię i radość. Jedno mnie irytowało w tej książce. Powtarzanie, jaka to Mary była zła i nieznośna. Przepraszam bardzo autora, ale sam stworzył po...
LOVED it. Sour Mary, spoiled Colin, chatty Martha, angelic Dickon, curmudgeon Ben, wise Mother, the whole thing. Best part for me was where Mary starts shouting to Colin over his hypochondria induced tantrum. Lord, was the girl vicious! It was funny in an overboard, freeing way. A very sweet cla...