The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

This truly is a wonderful book that will spark the imagination of young and old alike. Many people will be familiar with the story, even if it was just through watching the splendid film adaption which came out in the nineties. The story follows the adventures of a young girl called Mary, who is sent to live at a grand house in the countryside. The house is ruled with an iron rod by the stern and meddling Mrs Medlock, who takes an instant dislike to Mary's wayward behaviour. Medlock locks the child away and soon Mary begins to resent her new home. While walking in the gardens one day she comes across as a door on a wall which is covered by leaves and vines, ...  Read the complete review

The Secret Garden was one of my favourite books as a child, and I read it again and again . I forgot all about it until fairly recently, having long ago gotten rid of my childhood copy, until I saw a copy in a charity shop and decided I'd love to read it again . Th story centres on Mary, a sour faced old womanish kind of child, who has lived all her life in india . Her parents are beutiful but selfish, leaving here to be bought up by an Ayah, and Mary becomes sour and disagreeable . When her parents die of cholera, Mary has no one to care for her, and is sent to Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire moors to live with her only surviving relative, Archibald ...  Read the complete review

The Secret Garden was a book I received as part of a birthday present on my 9th birthday. Even after all these years it is still one of my favourites. True my copy is now battered and worn down but I wouldn't swap it for the world. It's one where you could read it as many times as you like but never tire of it. Frances Hodgson Burnett, born in Manchester, was a play write as well as an author. Her most well known written work is The Secret Garden but she also had mild success with A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. The main storyline to this book is pretty simple and easy to follow. A garden, shut away for 10 years, comes back to ...  Read the complete review