Forfatter fødeår: 1849 1924
Beautifully illustrated by Peter Bailey, The Secret Garden has become one of the most popular children's classics, and has continued to delight generations of young readers.
One of our hand-picked classics that no home should be without, a coming-of-age story of a girl who must use her imagination to find her fortune. When Sara Crewe's beloved father dies, her fortunes at strict Miss Minchin's boarding school are reversed.
Mary Lennox has grown up in India, surrounded by colour and life, and people who always do exactly what she wants. When her parents die, she is sent to her... Læs mere
Frances Hodgson Burnett was the highest paid and most widely read woman writer of her time, publishing more than fifty novels and thirteen plays.
The Secret Garden tells the story of Mary Lennox. Sent to live in her uncle's gloomy house, in the grounds Mary finds a key to a secret... Læs mere
Originally published as a serial in the children's monthly magazine ST NICHOLAS, LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY was Frances Hodgson Burnett's first children's novel and on its publication in book form in October 1866 it became at once an astonishing success.
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One of the best-loved classic children's books, The Secret Garden is an unforgettable story of a surly orphan who comes to discover goodness, herself and the world around her.