by Frances Hodgson Burnett · Vintage Children's Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099572954
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«The Secret Garden» is the children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published by Vintage Children's Classics in paperback (378 pages, in English).
Mary Lennox, an orphaned girl with a difficult character, is sent from India to her uncle's mansion on the Yorkshire moors. There she discovers a garden that has been locked for years and, with the help of a robin, finds the key that gives her access to a forgotten place whose care ends up transforming her life and that of those around her.
The novel was originally published in 1911 and received the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958; this edition includes an introduction by Sophie Dahl.
It is intended for readers aged 9 to 12 and may also appeal to adults who want to rediscover a classic of children's literature.
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).
