The Secret Garden

After her parents die of cholera in India, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in his gloomy house in Yorkshire, where she leads a lonely and neglected life, with nothing to do apart from exploring her surroundings. One day she discovers a walled garden which has been locked up, and becomes determined to enter it and find out its secret and the source of the mysterious crying sound that can be heard nearby.A powerful tale of regeneration and personal transformation, The Secret Garden has become one of the most popular children's classics, and has continued to delight generations of young readers.

About the author

Frances Hodgson Burnett, geboren am 24.11.1849 in Manchester, gestorben am 29.10.1924 in Plandome Park/Long Island. Burnett wuchs in den Slums von Manchester auf und wanderte 1865 nach Amerika aus. Sie schrieb knapp 40 sentimental-romantische Kinderromane.

Summary

Beautifully illustrated by Peter Bailey, The Secret Garden has become one of the most popular children's classics, and has continued to delight generations of young readers.

Report

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

Product details

• Authors: Frances Hodgson Burnett, Hidgson Burnett Fra, Catherine Le Nevez
• Assisted by: Peter Bailey (Illustration)
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.04.2016
• EAN: 9781847495730
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-573-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Alma Classics; Alma Classics; Alma Junior Classics
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age