The Secret Garden
Publisher Description
It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.
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Soothing and mellifluous, native Briton Bailey's voice proves an excellent instrument for polishing up a new edition of Burnett's story. Bratty and spoiled Mary Lennox is orphaned when her parents fall victim to a cholera outbreak in India. As a result, Mary becomes the ward of an uncle in England she has never met. As she hesitantly tries to carve a new life for herself at imposing and secluded Misselthwaite Manor, Mary befriends a high-spirited boy named Dickon and investigates a secret garden on the Manor grounds. She also discovers a sickly young cousin, Colin, who has been shut away in a hidden Manor room. Together Mary and Dickon help Colin blossom, and in the process Mary finds her identity and melts the heart of her emotionally distant uncle. Bailey makes fluid transitions between the voices and accents of various characters, from terse Mrs. Medlock and surly groundskeeper Ben to chipper housemaid Martha. And most enjoyably, she gives Mary a believably childlike voice. A brief biography of the author is included in an introduction. Ages 6-12.
Customer Reviews
The secret garden
I just loved it,emotional, innocent, sad sometimes, however, it’s full of lively moments joy, love, everlasting happiness and endless peace.
It has ups and downs. However, it makes you on top of the world
‘But she was inside the wonderful garden and she could come through the door under the ivy any time and she felt as if she had found a world all her own.’
You must exert a strenuous effort to delve deeper to the transcendental world of the Secret Garden
Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us. Only worshippers of Allah, and those who have deep faith in Him, understand the real meaning behind Allah’s creation of this magical world, In this garden-in all the places, Subhanna Allah