The Secret Garden (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) Paperback - 1994
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Used
- Acceptable
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Details
- Title The Secret Garden (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
- Author Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Abridged
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, U.S.A
- Date 1994-08-23
- Abridged Yes
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Abridged, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0486280241-7-1
- ISBN 9780486280240 / 0486280241
- Weight 0.19 lbs (0.09 kg)
- Dimensions 8.27 x 5.19 x 0.28 in (21.01 x 13.18 x 0.71 cm)
- Ages 08 to 14 years
- Grade levels 3 - 9
- Reading level 640
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects People with disabilities, Gardens
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94011185
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
About this book
The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, has remained one of the most popular children’s books since its publication in The American Magazine in 1910. The story tells of childhood emotions and experiences while keeping the central theme - if something is cared for, it will thrive.
The Secret Garden introduces us to a sour little girl, Mary Lennox, who is NOT a pleasure to be around. In fact, she yells like a little princess, can't make friends, and simply despises everything.
She remains quite contrary until she helps her garden grow - and finds someone worse off than herself to bring along for the ride.
Burnett was a British American novelist and playwright, best known for her novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden. She regularly found inspiration through her observations of nature and the walled gardens at Maytham Hall in Kent England.
The American Magazine published the first edition of The Secret Garden in 1910
From the rear cover
In it, Mary Lennox, an overindulged child suddenly orphaned, is almost magically transformed into an agreeable child when she comes to live at Misselthwaite Manor, the gloomy Yorkshire estate owned by her reclusive uncle, Archibald Craven. With the help of Dickon, an unusual local youngster with the ability to charm nature, Mary not only manages to bring life and beauty to the secret garden -- abandoned years ago when the mistress of the manor was fatally injured there -- but also persuades Colin, her uncle's frail son, to lead a normal life.
A repeated success on the motion-picture screen and the theatrical stage, this classic children's story is sure to charm new generations of readers.
First Edition Identification
The book was first published by Heinemann in London in 1911 with illustrations by Charles Heath Robinson as a British edition. The first American edition was published by Fredrick A Stokes and Company with illustration by Maria Louise Kirk.
The original British edition features green cloth with gilt titles & decoration to the upperboard and spine. This can be identified by a publication date on the front panel.
The First American released two editions simultaneously, one featuring the publisher’s green cloth with illustration only on the upper board and gilt lettering to the spine. The other in blue cloth without illustrations.
