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Title: The Secret Garden (Unabridged Classics)
ISBN: 1402714599
Author:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Publicate Date: 2004-10-01
Publish: 2004-10-01
List Price: $9.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: excellent edition, nice to reread and keep in my collection for the kids
This is a lovely edition. I plan to keep it in my collection for the children as the get older. A more compelling story than I remember from my childhood.
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2: The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden opens up with a spoiled girl name Mary Lennox who gets everything she wants. She is always somehow ill in one way or another. She loves no one and no one loves her. Her parents never paid attention to her and her mother wants nothing to do with her. She was taken care of by native servants and they did everything that Mary told them to do because Mary's mom did not want to deal with crying or yelling.
Mary's life changed completely when an outbreak of cholera happens in the Lennox's household. Everyone dies, leaving Mary all alone in her room crying and wondering where everyone went. Later, she is found by two soldiers who send her to her maternal uncle. Her uncle's house is a huge mansion with one hundred rooms in it; most of the rooms are locked up. Everyone describes her uncle as a "miserable hunchback". Mary is not too exited about going to live with him.
When Mary arrives at his house, she finds that staying inside is not to fun. So she starts to play outside, running all through the gardens. She meets all sorts of friends. She becomes more engaged in the world, less ill, and stronger.
Mary Lennox begins her adventure when she finds a hidden door to a secret garden. She wanders all through it and is so amazed. She then meets a new friend, Dickens, and they meet in the garden together everyday. They plant flowers and just hang out together. They spend the rest of the summer together.
This book was awesome! Quite amazing, I thought. It was very interesting all through it. I would rate this as a four star book. You should defiantly read it as soon as possible!
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3: The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden opens up with a spoiled girl name Mary Lennox who gets everything she wants. She is always somehow ill in one way or another. She loves no one and no one loves her. Her parents never paid attention to her and her mother wants nothing to do with her. She was taken care of by native servants and they did everything that Mary told them to do because Mary's mom did not want to deal with crying or yelling.
Mary's life changed completely when an outbreak of cholera happens in the Lennox's household. Everyone dies, leaving Mary all alone in her room crying and wondering where everyone went. Later, she is found by two soldiers who send her to her maternal uncle. Her uncle's house is a huge mansion with one hundred rooms in it; most of the rooms are locked up. Everyone describes her uncle as a "miserable hunchback". Mary is not too exited about going to live with him.
When Mary arrives at his house, she finds that staying inside is not to fun. So she starts to play outside, running all through the gardens. She meets all sorts of friends. She becomes more engaged in the world, less ill, and stronger.
Mary Lennox begins her adventure when she finds a hidden door to a secret garden. She wanders all through it and is so amazed. She then meets a new friend, Dickens, and they meet in the garden together everyday. They plant flowers and just hang out together. They spend the rest of the summer together.
This book was awesome! Quite amazing, I thought. It was very interesting all through it. I would rate this as a four star book. You should defiantly read it as soon as possible!
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4: Read and re-read
Five generations of my family have adored The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, albeit in different editions. It was first published over 100 years ago, but when I read it as a child I was transported to that place and time and I was Mary Lennox. My great grandmother, grandmother, mother and daughter all had the same experience when they each discovered this book around 6-10 years old.
It is about a little girl orphaned in India and sent to live with an uncle/guardian in a big house in England. I don't want to spoil the story for you, but it is a book about discovery, growth and so much more.
Discoveries include a cousin, a young gardener, the glories and coming to life of a secret garden and relationships.
A book is the best way to experience "The Secret Garden" because the pictures you paint in your mind are much stronger than those on the screen, however there was also a brilliant BBC series. If you can get this on DVD, maybe from Amazon in the UK or ebay, do get it.
Buy and read the book first, it is something you will treasure for life. I still love reading "The Secret Garden" every few years.
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