The Secret Garden
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- 47,99 lei
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- 47,99 lei
Publisher Description
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett, english playwright and author (1849-1924)
This ebook presents «The Secret Garden», from Frances Hodgson Burnett. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- THERE IS NO ONE LEFT
-03- MISTRESS MARY QUITE CONTRARY
-04- ACROSS THE MOOR
-05- MARTHA
-06- THE CRY IN THE CORRIDOR
-07- THERE WAS SOMEONE CRYING THERE WAS
-08- THE KEY TO THE GARDEN
-09- THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY
-10- THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANY ONE EVER LIVED IN
-11- DICKON
-12- THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH
-13- MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH
-14- I AM COLIN
-15- A YOUNG RAJAH
-16- NEST BUILDING
-17- I WON'T SAID MARY
-18- A TANTRUM
-19- THA' MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME
-20- IT HAS COME
-21- I SHALL LIVE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER
-22- BEN WEATHERSTAFF
-23- WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN
-24- MAGIC
-25- LET THEM LAUGH
-26- THE CURTAIN
-27- IT'S MOTHER
-28- IN THE GARDEN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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.
