The Secret Garden


The Secret Garden
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3 years, 10 months ago at Jul 27 14:57
I enjoyed rereading this childhood favorite. I liked how Mary "blossomed" as she started caring about others and let others care about her. I also liked how she and Dickon showed Colin a new way to live.
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Description: Product Description When orphaned Mary Lennox, lonely and sad, comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden ... (more)
Manufacturer : HarperTrophy
Release date : 30 April 1998
ISBN-10 : 006440188X | ISBN-13: 9780064401883
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What Classic Literature Was Almost Called (20 books items)

"The working title for the book was Mistress Mary, taken from the classic nursery rhyme ("Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?"). Frances Hodgson Burnett changed the title on publication, because it sounded "too adult.""


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“I enjoyed rereading this childhood favorite. I liked how Mary "blossomed" as she started caring about others and let others care about her. I also liked how she and Dickon showed Colin a new way to live.” read more

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