Secret Garden Hardcover - 1994
by Frances Hodgson Burnett; Graham Rust (Illustrator)
About this book
The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, has remained one of the most popular children’s books since its publication in The American Magazine in 1910. The story tells of childhood emotions and experiences while keeping the central theme - if something is cared for, it will thrive.
The Secret Garden introduces us to a sour little girl, Mary Lennox, who is NOT a pleasure to be around. In fact, she yells like a little princess, can't make friends, and simply despises everything.
She remains quite contrary until she helps her garden grow - and finds someone worse off than herself to bring along for the ride.
Burnett was a British American novelist and playwright, best known for her novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden. She regularly found inspiration through her observations of nature and the walled gardens at Maytham Hall in Kent England.
The American Magazine published the first edition of The Secret Garden in 1910
From the jacket flap
The Secret Garden, a real children's classic, has been cherished by generations of readers since its first appearance in 1911. In what is certainly the most beautiful full color edition of this acknowledged children's classic, Mary Lennox, a sullen, spoiled child, comes to live with her English uncle after her parents' deaths. Implanted in Misselthwaite Manor on the baleful moors of Yorkshire, she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dear gardener, a cheerful robin, and Master Colin, her willful, mysterious, sickly cousin. The robin helps Mary find the door to the secret garden, and from there the story takes the reader on a spellbinding journey into the places of the heart where faith restores health, where flowers refresh the spirit, and where the magic of a garden coming to life after years of neglect serves as a metaphor for the miraculous recovery of an invalid boy.
The characters and the story are as fresh today as they were when the book was first published. Graham Rust's illustrations, with their delicate period flavor and detail, bring to life the whole cast of characters and, of course, the secret garden itself "���" "the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place anyone could imagine."
First Edition Identification
The book was first published by Heinemann in London in 1911 with illustrations by Charles Heath Robinson as a British edition. The first American edition was published by Fredrick A Stokes and Company with illustration by Maria Louise Kirk. The original British edition features green cloth with gilt titles & decoration to the upperboard and spine. This can be identified by a publication date on the front panel. The First American released two editions simultaneously, one featuring the publisher’s green cloth with illustration only on the upper board and gilt lettering to the spine. The other in blue cloth without illustrations.
Details
- Title Secret Garden
- Author Frances Hodgson Burnett; Graham Rust (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Us Edition
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher David R. Godine Publisher, Boston
- Date 1994-09-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780879236496 / 0879236493
- Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
- Dimensions 9.7 x 7.2 x 0.8 in (24.64 x 18.29 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 09 to 14 years
- Grade levels 4 - 9
- Reading level 970
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Themes
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects People with disabilities, Orphans - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86045534
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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