The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1849 – 1924
ENPublic Domain
Summary
"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Subjects
- Gardens — Juvenile fiction
- Orphans — Juvenile fiction
- People with disabilities — Juvenile fiction
- Yorkshire (England) — Juvenile fiction