The Secret Garden
Ten year old orphan Mary Lennox comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden from the book s listing with the Plano Public Library System in Plano, TX Best Read The Secret Garden [ by ] Frances Hodgson Burnett [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I am now confused I do not know any what is my preference when it comes to books.When I was a kid, I wanted to read only books with pictures like the illustrated Alice in the Wonderland or Rip Van Winkle Until I read Silas Marner with no pictures and I said, wow, books with no pictures are also great When I was a teenager, I said I don t like to read books that are hard to understand and read by adults until I read Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and I said, wow, I did not know that th I am now confused I do not know any what is my preference when it comes to books.When I was a kid, I wanted to read only books with pictures like the illustrated Alice in the Wonderland or Rip Van Winkle Until I read Silas Marner with no pictures and I said, wow, books with no pictures ar...Love love loveAlso counting this as my first BookTubeAThon read even if I read only 2 pages during the actual readathon, I NEED ALL THE BOOKS I CAN GETExcept for the persistent India bashing, I loved this book In fact Mistress Mary, I loved the ending so much that I forgive your English superiority complex Next time you visit here though, allow me to take you on the ride across India, I hope your impression will changeTwo worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way or always to have it As a child, I read this book at least four or five times, along with Frances Hodgson Burnett s other childhood stories about Sarah Crewe Little Princess and Cedric Lord Fauntleroy They represented a rite of passage for me as a person and as a reader There is magic involved in coming of age stories where children strive to find the kind of life they are meant to live, against all odds, and I fel Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way or always to have it As a child, I read this book at least four or five times, along with Frances Hodgson Burnett s other child...The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett 1994 1340 338 1372 203 1389 9789643769185 The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett 1994 1340 338 1372 203 1389 9789643769185 1375 280 1389 9789644170485 19 1...Two sickly, arrogant, lonely, neglected, little children, from wealthy families, both ten, cousins, live continents apart , Mary Lennox, in hot, steamy , colonial India, and Colin Craven, he in rainy, cold, Yorkshire, northern England, a cripple, just before the start of the First World War, they don t even known the other exists, but will soon, both like to show contempt to servants, by yelling at them, while giving orders Mary is spoiled, unhappy, and angry, her beautiful mother, loves parti Two sickly, arrogant, lonely, neglected, little children, from wealthy families, both ten, cousins, live continents apart , Mary Lennox, in hot, steamy , colonial India, and Colin Craven, he in rainy, cold, Yorkshire, northern England, a cripple, just before the start of th...I know this book seems out of place among the fare I usually read, but hey, all I can say is that I like what I like There is some intangible quality to this book that really strikes a chord in me The whole idea of that sickly child being healed with love, attention, and forgive me an LDS joke wholesome recreational activities, just somehow speaks Truth to me I think this book has strong application to today s problems with the rising generation I really believe that kids these days are ge I know this book seems out of place among the fare I usually read, but hey, all I can say is that I like what I like There is some intangible quality to this book that real...I first read this wonderful and evocative absolute and utter gem of a story at around age twelve or thirteen it was likely one of the first longer novels I read entirely in English, not counting those books read for school I simply adored Frances Hodgson Burnett s The Secret Garden when I read it as a young teenager or rather, a tween , I continued to love it when I reread it multiple times while at university, and I still massively loved the novel when I reread the story for the Children s I first read this wonderful and evocative absolute and utter gem of a story at around age twelve or thirteen it was likely one of the first longer novels I read entirely in English, not counting those books read for school I simply adored Frances Hodgson Burnett s The Secret Garden when I read it as a young teenager or rather, a tween , I continued to love it when I reread it multiple times while at university, and I still massively loved the novel when I reread the story for the Children s Literature Group in 2011 and I much continue to love it, having reread it at least twice or so since then.I honestly think that I enjoyed The Secret Garden evenas an adult than the times I read the novel when I was younger a...The Secret Garden is a lovely story in every sense of the word Primarily, it s about three kids Mistress Mary, Dickon, and Master Colin and how just thinking a little differently can change a person completely.There s a lot of subtle things Frances Hodgson Burnett does right The way she relates the Garden to Colin s mother and how that affects his relationship with his father and how all of these things have made him a horribly spoiled brat That thinking a little differently, and getting The Secret Garden is a lovely story in every sense of the word Primarily, it s about three kids Mistress Mary, Dickon, and Master Colin and how just thinking a little differently can change a person completely.There s a lot of subtle things Frances Hodgson Burnett does right The way she relates the Garden to Colin s mother and how that affects his relationship with his father and how all of these things have made him a horribly spoiled brat That thinking a little differently, and getting some fresh air, and fixing up a Secret Garden can simultaneously fix up his life and his relationship with his father.Even though it packs a nice punch and does a lot of little things right, the story overall is a tough read And it goes beyond just being dated and having awkwardly constructed sentences It sthan the dialogue and the Yorkshire accent most of the characters speak with that makes what they re trying to say almost impossible to decipher for a modern English speaker.The pacing is ... Where, you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow. Originally published in 1911 The Secret Garden is a true children s classic One that adults should read as well Mary Lennox was born in India A plain little girl she was not wanted by her mother or father and consequently handed over to the servants to raise Because her Ayah and the other servants feared her mother would be angry if she was disturbed, Mary was consequently given her own way She soon became a bossy, nasty, little Where, you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow. Originally published in 1911 The Secret Garden is a true children s classic One that adults should read as well Mary Lennox was born in India A plain little girl she was not wanted by her mother or father and consequently handed over to the servants to raise Because her Ayah and the other servants feared her mother would be angry if she was disturbed, Mary was consequently given her own way She soon became a bossy, nasty, little girl who was frail, yellow and most often angry When she was but 10 years of age both her parents and her Ayah succumbed to Cholera, leaving Mary alone with no one to raise her.But Mary has an uncle who lives in England on the Yorkshire moors and she soon finds herself at Misselthwaite Manor Her Uncle lost his wife ten years ago to a tragic accident and since that time is rarely at the manor, choosing instead a life of solitude while travelling So onceMary is left o...
- English
- 20 January 2018 Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Hardcover
- 331 pages
- 0517189607
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Secret Garden