***With a heartwarming introduction by Sophie Dahl*** ***Now in a beautiful clothbound cover*** Slowly she turns the key and enters a world she could never have imagined.
Then Mary uncovers an old key in a flowerbed - and a gust of magic leads her to the hidden door.
She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is allowed to enter. Perhaps everything is dead in it already I don't know.'Īfter losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. Nobody wants it, nobody cares for it, nobody ever goes into it. 'I've stolen a garden,' she said very fast. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a magical novel for adults and children alike Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship forstudents at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.Canvases & Printing Surfaces and accessories Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. "Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews and nine recent critical views of "The Secret Garden," including Jerry Phillips's sociopolitical interpretation and Phyllis Bixler's comparative analysis of the Broadway musical adaptation of the novel. Four illustrations point to Burnett's prominence in popular culture. "Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" illuminate important aspects of Burnett's life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatory annotations. "The Secret Garden," her best-known work, became an instant modern classic and world-wide bestseller upon its publication in 1911. Born in England and transplanted to New York toward the end of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries, and today both countries claim her as their own. Frances Hodgson Burnett was the highest paid and most widely read woman writer of her time, publishing more than fifty novels and thirteen plays.
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