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Ce roman ouvre beaucoup de réflexions sur des sujets qui touchent à l'enfance principalement, la différence, la tolérance et l'espoir de voir sa vie changer grâce à la seule volonté d'y croire et de faire les efforts nécessaires. Le grand air et l'exercice physique sont également deux bons remèdes pour retrouver une bonne santé.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was an English-American author and playwright, best known for her best-selling children's novels, including A Little Princess , The Secret Garden, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. She was born in Manchester but after her father's death when she was just 3 years old, the family emigrated to America. When the family's fortunes declined as they lived in post-Civil-War Tennessee, she began writing professionally, having her stories published in magazines at the age of 19. Her first taste of success was with the novel That Lass O' Lowries which earnt public and critical popularity and was followed by a succession of other popular novels and plays. She became an American citizen in 1905 and lived in Long Island until her death in 1924.
