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Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

Mary’s parents fall ill and die, forcing her to be transplanted from India to the English countryside. She arrives at a strange and foreign country manor, where she discovers a long-neglected garden and hears strange sobbing noises at night.
Thus begins The Secret Garden, a children’s book with an unusually dense collection of themes, symbols, and motifs. Mary’s personal development mirrors her unraveling the secret of the hidden garden, and a subtle backdrop of magical realism adds a mysterious air to the proceedings.
Contemporary reception left The Secret Garden largely unnoticed, eclipsed by Hodgson’s other work, Little Lord Fauntleroy. Since then, however, the book’s reputation has steadily grown, with modern critics considering it one of the finest children’s books of the 20th century.
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  • Sariga Chellisserydeelde een impressie7 jaar geleden
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    Beautiful story that tells of a magic that is very real, beautifully narrated, and a delight to the senses, with plentiful yorkshire countryside and language and tantalizing tales and children and gardens.

  • tyroniedeelde een impressievorig jaar
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    One of the most interesting books I've ever read. :)
    Finished : 1/23/23

  • seangao530deelde een impressievorig jaar
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    I read this book in my summer vacation in order to improve my English.and it's wonderful.太好看了 啊啊啊啊啊!

Citaten

  • Lebohang Makhanyaciteerde uit9 jaar geleden
    You can lose a friend in springtime easier than any other season
  • Olenaciteerde uit8 maanden geleden
    while those whom Mary saw slunk or hur­ried about with ashy and scared faces
  • windciteerde uit8 maanden geleden
    One of the new things peo­ple be­gan to find out in the last cen­tury was that thoughts—just mere thoughts—are as pow­er­ful as elec­tric bat­ter­ies—as good for one as sun­light is, or as bad for one as poi­son.

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