The Annotated Secret Garden (The Annotated Books)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Author: Frances Hodgson BurnettEditor: Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Introduction: Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-17
ISBN: 0393060292
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary: 5 Stars
The Secret Garden has become the best known novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, who in earlier years was better known for her adult fiction, and Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess. Although The Secret Garden has been translated to motion pictures several times, none of the films has captured the quality and atmosphere of the book. Burnett's novel conveys the grim reality of a major cholera outbreak in India that leaves an English child as a sole survivor of a family that had been posted to the tropical subcontinent. The child, badly neglected by her own parents, and phenomenally spoiled and self-centered, is suddenly sent to live at the edges of the moors of Yorkshire at a manor house owned by her misanthropic, eccentric uncle. There the character of the grounds,the moors, and the local people begin to work their magic on the child, and she in turn slowly rescues her apparently invalid cousin, who has grown up as overly indulged and self-centered as she had been.
Although the author was British born, she arrived in the United States in 1865 where as a teenager, she began to help support her family through her stories in American and later English magazines. By the beginning of the twentieth century she was one of the most highly paid writers in the English-speaking world.
Burnett's writing remains compelling, as does her story. The annotations provided by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, a distinguished historian and biographer, enhance our understanding of the book without detracting from it. She shares her specialist's knowledge of the Victorian era and British empire culture and politics to provide insights into the society and circumstances that help make The Secret Garden such a moving story.
Peter E. Hanff
Summary of The Annotated Secret Garden (The Annotated Books)
The much-loved tale read by generations of children, now annotated and with over one hundred stunning illustrations.
Frances Hodgson Burnett was famous in her time for her adult novels and her forays into children's literature with Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess. The Secret Garden, her story of an orphan girl who moves from India to the British countryside, has become a favorite book of every generation thereafter. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, the author of the definitive biography of Burnett, brings out aspects of Burnett's life that led her to write the book, details of the Victorian England time period, attitudes toward children, and Burnett's spiritual leanings. Gerzina captures the magical nature of the tale and the coming together of three children through restoring a hidden garden. With over one hundred illustrations, many in vibrant color, The Annotated Secret Garden is an enchanting gift for any child or for any adult who is still a feisty child underneath.Literature Guides Books
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