{"product_id":"the-secret-garden-paperback-6","title":"The Secret Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSandra M. Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpening the door into the innermost places of the heart, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless classic that has left generations of readers with warm, lifelong memories of its magical charms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins the famous opening of one of the world's best-loved children's stories. First published in 1911, this is the poignant tale of a lonely little girl, orphaned and sent to a Yorkshire mansion at the edge of a vast lonely moor. At first, she is frightened by this gloomy place, but with the help of the local boy Dickon, who earns the trust of the moor's wild animals with his honesty and love, the invalid Colin, a spoiled, unhappy boy terrified of life, and a mysterious, abandoned garden, Mary is eventually overcome by the mystery of life itself--its birth and renewal, its love and joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWith an Afterword by Sandra M. Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c\/b\u003e (1849-1924) was born in Manchester, England, on November 24, 1849, and emigrated with her family in 1865 to Tennessee, where she lived near Knoxville until her marriage to Dr. S.M. Burnett in 1873. At eighteen, she began publishing her stories in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eGodey's Lady Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScribner's\u003c\/i\u003e. At 28, her novel \u003ci\u003eThat Lass O'Lowries, \u003c\/i\u003e based on the colliery life she had known in England, became her first success. But the children's story she published in 1886, \u003ci\u003eLittle Lord Fauntleroy, \u003c\/i\u003eis what made her famous. Its hero's long curls and velvet suit with lace collar became a popular fashion for little boys. \u003ci\u003eLittle Lord Fauntleroy \u003c\/i\u003ewas also successfully dramatized, just as a later novel, \u003ci\u003eSara Crewe, \u003c\/i\u003ebecame the much better-known stage play, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Princess \u003c\/i\u003e(1905). While laying out a garden at her new home in Long Island, Burnett conceived and wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Garden \u003c\/i\u003e(1911), her best and most enduring work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSandra M. Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e, an acclaimed literary critic and poet, is the coauthor of some of the most influential literary studies of our time, including \u003ci\u003eThe Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Man's Land: The Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has also published a memoir, \u003ci\u003eWrongful Death, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as six collections of verse, including \u003ci\u003eKissing the Bread: New and Selected Poems 1969-1999, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the American book Award in 2001. A professor of English at the University of California, Davis, Gilbert is a past president of the Modern Language Association.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 6.96 x 4.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756006474016,"sku":"9780451528834","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/895e0a4b04f1af4cff239eeed900fda3.webp?v=1780072549","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-secret-garden-paperback-6","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}