The Secret Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition

Frances Hodgson Burnett

ReadHowYouWant.com, Nov 30, 2006 - Juvenile Fiction - 400 pages

This novel is about a secret garden which changes the life of three children forever. It is a moving, magical account of the mysteries of childhood, and how simple things in life can bring so much joy to people. Mary, Collin and Dickens revive a mysterious dead garden and in-return get a lot more than they bargained for.

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 1
• CHAPTER II: 10
• CHAPTER III: 23
• CHAPTER IV: 30
• CHAPTER V: 56
• CHAPTER VI: 66
• CHAPTER VII: 76
• CHAPTER VIII: 86
• CHAPTER IX: 98
• CHAPTER X: 113
• CHAPTER XI: 131
• CHAPTER XII: 144
• CHAPTER XIII: 158
• CHAPTER XIV: 179
• CHAPTER XV: 198
• CHAPTER XVI: 216
• CHAPTER XVII: 228
• CHAPTER XVIII: 239
• CHAPTER XIX: 250
• CHAPTER XX: 267
• CHAPTER XXI: 280
• CHAPTER XXII: 296
• CHAPTER XXIII: 305
• CHAPTER XXIV: 323
• CHAPTER XXV: 341
• CHAPTER XXVI: 352
• CHAPTER XXVII: 367

About the author

Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote for children and adults, publishing both plays and novels. She was born in Manchester, England, on November 24, 1849. Her father, who owned a furniture store, died when she was only four years old. Her mother struggled to keep the family business running while trying to raise five children. Finally, because of the failing Manchester economy, the family sold the store and immigrated to the United States. In 1865 they settled just outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. Hoping to offset her family's continuing financial troubles, Burnett began to submit her stories to women's magazines. She was immediately successful. In the late 1860s her stories were published in nearly every popular American magazine. Burnett helped to support her family with income from the sale of her stories, even saving enough to finance a trip back to England, where she stayed for over a year. In 1879, Burnett published her first stories for children; two of her most popular are A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. In contrast to an extremely successful career, Burnett's personal life held many challenges. Her son Lionel was diagnosed with tuberculosis at age 15, from which he never recovered. His death inspired several stories about dead or dying children. Burnett lived her later years on Long Island, New York. She died in 1924.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Secret Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition
• Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com, 2006
• ISBN: 1425050956, 9781425050955
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Classics