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THE SECRET GARDEN
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Description for THE SECRET GARDEN
hardcover. Set in Yorkshire, and first published in 1911, this is the story of two spoilt and lonely children who regain happiness by restoring a neglected garden. It was inspired by the rose garden in Great Maytham Hall, Kent, where the author lived for several years, and is illustrated by Charles Robinson. Illustrator(s): Robinson, Charles. Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 209 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
This story of two spoilt and lonely children, whose happiness is regained as they bring to life a neglected garden, has become the best-loved of all Mrs. Burnett's books, but it did not acquire universal popularity until long after its first publication in 1911 Although set in Yorkshire, it was inspired by the rose garden at Great Maytham Hall in Kent (which still flourishes) where its much-travelled author lived from 1898 to 1907. The story has many illustrators, bur none has surpassed Charles Robinson who first created in his pictures the romantic and mysterious atmosphere of Misselthwaite Manor and the ... Read more
This story of two spoilt and lonely children, whose happiness is regained as they bring to life a neglected garden, has become the best-loved of all Mrs. Burnett's books, but it did not acquire universal popularity until long after its first publication in 1911 Although set in Yorkshire, it was inspired by the rose garden at Great Maytham Hall in Kent (which still flourishes) where its much-travelled author lived from 1898 to 1907. The story has many illustrators, bur none has surpassed Charles Robinson who first created in his pictures the romantic and mysterious atmosphere of Misselthwaite Manor and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Childrens Classics
Condition
New
Series
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857159110
SKU
9781857159110
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About Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in Manchester in 1849. After living in poverty, she emigrated to the US in 1865. She wrote over forty books; the best-known today are The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy. She died in 1924.
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