The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and adults since its publication in 1911. When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little girl, bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely. One day she discovers a way into a secret abandoned garden and, with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin, they set about restoring the garden. Part of the Macmillan Collector''s Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics with bespoke illustrated covers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

Info autore

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester and spent her early years there with her family. Her father died in 1852, and eventually, in 1865, Frances emigrated to the United States with her mother and siblings, settling with family in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Frances began to be published at the age of nineteen, submitting short stories to magazines and using the proceeds to help support the family. In 1872, she married Swan Burnett, a doctor, with whom she had two sons while living in Paris. Her first novel, That Lass o'Lowrie's, was published in 1877, while the Burnetts were living in Washington D. C. Following a separation from her husband, Burnett lived on both sides of the Atlantic, eventually marrying for a second time, however she never truly recovered from the death of her first son, Lionel.

Best known during her lifetime for Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), her books for children, including The Secret Garden and The Little Princess, have endured as classics, but Burnett also wrote many other novels for adults, which were hugely popular and favourably compared to authors such as George Eliot.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Con la collaborazione di: Anna South (Introduzione), South Anna (Introduzione)
• Editore: Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 11 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.09.2025
• EAN: 9781035058600
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3505860-0
• Pagine: 280
• Dimensioni: 102 mm x 158 mm x 17 mm
• Serie: Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri per bambini fino a 11 anni; Narrativa > Romanzi; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories