The Secret Garden: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Secret Garden is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849–1924).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a children's novel first published in 1911. When orphaned Mary Lennox arrives at her uncle's gloomy Yorkshire manor, she discovers a locked garden that has been abandoned for ten years. As Mary explores this hidden world, she uncovers family secrets and finds an unexpected companion—her bedridden cousin Colin. Together with a nature-loving boy named Dickon, the children nurture the forgotten garden back to life, transforming themselves in the process.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Secret Garden
- Author credits: Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849–1924)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Gardens -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- Yorkshire (England) -- Juvenile fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
- Children's Literature
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