Author: BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON
Title: The Secret Garden (Children's Classics)
Description: Wordsworth Editions, UK, 1993. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9781853261046 224 pages. Available Now. Book Description: Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes over her and her life. : She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them. : The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stories of all time. : Review: It is only the exceptional author who can write a book about children with sufficient skill, charm, simplicity, and significance to make it acceptable to both young and old. Mrs. Burnett is one of the few thus gifted.--The New York Times --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. : About the Author: 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'. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Size: 19.7 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm. 224 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Paperback; ISBN: 1853261041. ISBN/EAN: 9781853261046. Inventory No: F246-1055.

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