The secret garden
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-19242003
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Mary Lennox grows in in India, a thing, spoiled, lonely child who is used to getting her own way. When she is nine, her parents die in a cholera epidemic and she is sent back to England to live with her rich uncle in the isolated Misselthwaite Manor. Gradually she makes friends with Martha the maid, Dickon, her brother who can talk to animals, and poor, sickly Colin, who has lost the will to live. Then one day, with the help of a friendly robin, Mary finds a key to the mysterious walled garden.Where is the door and what will she find inside? What is the secret of the garden's mysterious powers? This charming, enchanting story tells of children growing up, overcoming loneliness and learning how to take care of others.
Main title:
The secret garden / Frances Hodgson Burnett
Imprint:
MDS BOOKS, 2003
Collation:
284 pgs (hbk.)
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ISBN:
849789118X8497890574 (collection)
Language:
English
BRN:
2773579
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