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The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

1911 · Children's books · Novel

Open Library OL69612W

Mary Lennox arrives at a Yorkshire manor and finds a garden no one is allowed to enter. Tending it changes her, and the cousin shut in another room.

About the author

Burnett’s The Secret Garden is about a sour child, a locked garden, and the slow work of paying attention. The magic, such as it is, looks a great deal like care. More of this shelf for Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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