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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1786174383
- ISBN 13
- 9781786174383
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
United Kingdom: Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd, 2018. Illustrated Classic. 1st/1st thus. New. First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips and clean unmarred textured boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Satin ribbon bookmark. Original color illustrations throughout by Beatriz Castro. The dust jacket is unclipped (£17.99 / $24.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 8 1/4" X 11 1/4" tall.
"No wonder it is still," she whispered again. "I am the first person who has spoken here in ten years."
First published in 1911, The Secret Garden did not gain immediate public interest as Burnett's previous novels Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess. Today, The Secret Garden is hailed as one of the greatest books ever written for children, and its popularity has been adapted for both stage and screen.
The plot centers around Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma of losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic. Mary is given to the care of her uncle Archibald Craven, whom she has never met. She travels to his home, Misselthwaite Manor located in gloomy Yorkshire. When she arrives, she is rude, stubborn, and given to stormy temper tantrums. However, her nature undergoes a gradual transformation when she learns of the tragedies that have befallen her strict and disciplinarian uncle whom she earlier feared and despised. Once when he's away from home, Mary discovers a charming walled garden that is always kept locked. The mystery deepens when she hears sounds of sobbing from somewhere within her uncle's vast mansion. The kindly servants ignore her queries or pretend they haven't heard, spiking Mary's curiosity.
Synopsis
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
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3528
- Title
- The Secret Garden
- Author
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Illustrator
- Beatriz Castro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Illustrated Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1786174383
- ISBN 13
- 9781786174383
- Publisher
- Miles Kelly Publishing
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2018
- Size
- 8.25 x 11.25
- Keywords
- children's book, classic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Illustrated Books;
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