The Secret Garden

Informationen zum Autor Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in Manchester! England! in 1849! the third of five children. When her father died in 1853 the family was plunged into poverty! and the young Fanny began writing to escape the grim realities of life. In 1865 the family moved to America where she met her future husband! Dr Swann Burnett. Her book Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and was an instant success! launching a career that would produce over forty books. It was followed by the publication of A Little Princess in book form in 1905 and The Secret Garden in 1911. Frances Hodgson Burnett died in 1924. Klappentext Mary Lennox is sent from an India as an orphan to live at Misselthwaite Manor. She arrives as a sour-faced! sickly and ill-tempered little madam but becomes friends with local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin. In their restoration of a secret garden all their lives are changed for the better. Zusammenfassung Mary Lennox is sent from an India as an orphan to live at Misselthwaite Manor. She arrives as a sour-faced! sickly and ill-tempered little madam but becomes friends with local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin. In their restoration of a secret garden all their lives are changed for the better. With an Afterword by Anna South.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Frances Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Con la collaborazione di: Anna South (Introduzione)
• Editore: Collector's Library
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 11 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2011
• EAN: 9781904633310
• ISBN: 978-1-904633-31-0
• Pagine: 286
• Dimensioni: 100 mm x 156 mm x 17 mm
• Serie: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library
• Categorie: 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