"People never like me and I never like people," Mary thought.
When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle,everybody says she is the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It is true,too. Mary is pale,spoilt and quite contrary. But she is also horribly lonely. Then one day she hears about a garden in the grounds of the Manor that has been kept locked and hidden for years. And when a friendly robin helps Mary find the key,she discovers the most magical place anyone could imagine...
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099572954Number of pages: 384Weight: 253 gDimensions: 188 x 129 x 24 mm
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'The Secret Garden should be on every child's bookshelf.'- The Times
'The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is my "current" favourite children's book. I reread it to my six-year-old daughter last summer and both of us loved it - although she did require me to have a go at the full Yorkshire accent for Dickon,which proved a little bit tricky. It has magic,darkness,whimsy and truth and the fact that it was first published in 1909 yet still managed to enthral my 21stcentury daughter is a testament to its greatness.'- Kirsty Young
'The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a wonderful story that I could think myself into,given that the heroine is the sort of awkward little girl that I thought I was. I loved the idea of a secret place where children could be on their own.'- Nina Bawden
'Mary is a tough feisty character,who manages to turn a whole household,and the lives of those in it,completely upside down... The book is brim full of magic and joy.'- Sunday Telegraph
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