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PublisherBarnes & Noble, Incorporated
ISBN-101593082770
ISBN-139781593082772
eBay Product ID (ePID)57005431
Product Key Features
Book TitleSecret Garden
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Social Themes / Special Needs, General
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes, Robinson, Charles
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Fiction
AuthorFrances Burnett
Book SeriesBarnes and Noble Classics Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Dewey Edition19
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Synopsis&&LIThe Secret Garden&&L/I, by &&LBFrances Hodgson Burnett&&L/B, is part of the &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&LI &&L/Iseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I: New introductions commissioned from today''s top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader''s viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/Ipulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader''s understanding of these enduring works. Though &&LBFrances Hodgson Burnett&&L/B wrote more than forty books, none remains so popular as her miraculous and magical masterpiece, &&LIThe Secret Garden&&L/I. Has any story ever dared to begin by calling its heroine, "the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen" and, just a few sentences later, "as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived?" Mary Lennox is the "little pig," sent to Misselthwaite Manor, on the Yorkshire moors, to live with her uncle after her parents die of cholera. There she discovers her sickly cousin Colin, who is equally obnoxious and imperious. Both love no one because they have never been loved. They are the book''s spiritual secret gardens, needing only the right kind of care to bloom into lovely children.&&LBR&&LBRMary also discovers a literal secret garden, hidden behind a locked gate on her uncle''s estate, neglected for the ten years since Colin''s birth and his mother''s death. Together with a local child named Dickon, Mary and Colin transform the garden into a paradise bursting with life and color. Through their newfound mutual love of nature, they nurture each other, until they are brought back to health and happiness.&&LBR&&LBR&&LBWith Charles Robinson''s original illustrations.&&L/B&&LSTRONG&&L/B &&LBJill Muller&&L/B was born in England and educated at Mercy College and Columbia University. She currently teaches at Mercy College and Columbia University. She is the author of &&LIGerard Manley Hopkins and Victorian Catholicism&&L/I, in addition to articles on Joyce, Newman, Hopkins, and the medieval women mystics., Though Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote more than forty books, none remains so popular as her miraculous and magical masterpiece, "The Secret Garden". Has any story ever dared to begin by calling its heroine, "the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen" and, just a few sentences later, "as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived?" Mary Lennox is the "little pig, " sent to Misselthwaite Manor, on the Yorkshire moors, to live with her uncle after her parents die of cholera. There she discovers her sickly cousin Colin, who is equally obnoxious and imperious. Both love no one because they have never been loved. They are the book's spiritual secret gardens, needing only the right kind of care to bloom into lovely children. Mary also discovers a literal secret garden, hidden behind a locked gate on her uncle's estate, neglected for the ten years since Colin's birth and his mother's death. Together with a local child named Dickon, Mary and Colin transform the garden into a paradise bursting with life and color. Through their newfound mutual love of nature, they nurture each other, until they are brought back to health and happiness. With Charles Robinson's original illustrations., &&LIThe Secret Garden&&L/I, by &&LBFrances Hodgson Burnett&&L/B, is part of the &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&LI &&L/Iseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/Ipulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Though &&LBFrances Hodgson Burnett&&L/B wrote more than forty books, none remains so popular as her miraculous and magical masterpiece, &&LIThe Secret Garden&&L/I. Has any story ever dared to begin by calling its heroine, "the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen" and, just a few sentences later, "as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived?" Mary Lennox is the "little pig," sent to Misselthwaite Manor, on the Yorkshire moors, to live with her uncle after her parents die of cholera. There she discovers her sickly cousin Colin, who is equally obnoxious and imperious. Both love no one because they have never been loved. They are the book's spiritual secret gardens, needing only the right kind of care to bloom into lovely children.&&LBR&&LBRMary also discovers a literal secret garden, hidden behind a locked gate on her uncle's estate, neglected for the ten years since Colin's birth and his mother's death. Together with a local child named Dickon, Mary and Colin transform the garden into a paradise bursting with life and color. Through their newfound mutual love of nature, they nurture each other, until they are brought back to health and happiness.&&LBR&&LBR&&LBWith Charles Robinson's original illustrations.&&L/B&&LSTRONG&&L/B &&LBJill Muller&&L/B was born in England and educated at Mercy College and Columbia University. She currently teaches at Mercy College and Columbia University. She is the author of &&LIGerard Manley Hopkins and Victorian Catholicism&&L/I, in addition to articles on Joyce, Newman, Hopkins, and the medieval women mystics., &&LIThe Secret Garden&&L/I, by &&LBFrances Hodgson Burnett&&L/B, is part of the &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&LI &&L/Iseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I: New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/Ipulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works. Though &&LBFrances Hodgson Burnett&&L/B wrote more than forty books, none remains so popular as her miraculous and magical masterpiece, &&LIThe Secret Garden&&L/I. Has any story ever dared to begin by calling its heroine, "the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen" and, just a few sentences later, "as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived?" Mary Lennox is the "little pig," sent to Misselthwaite Manor, on the Yorkshire moors, to live with her uncle after her parents die of cholera. There she discovers her sickly cousin Colin, who is equally obnoxious and imperious. Both love no one because they have never been loved. They are the book's spiritual secret gardens, needing only the right kind of care to bloom into lovely children.&&LBR&&LBRMary also discovers a literal secret garden, hidden behind a locked gate on her uncle's estate, neglected for the ten years since Colin's birth and his mother's death. Together with a local child named Dickon, Mary and Colin transform the garden into a paradise bursting with life and color. Through their newfound mutual love of nature, they nurture each other, until they are brought back to health and happiness.&&LBR&&LBR&&LBWith Charles Robinsons original illustrations.&&L/B&&LSTRONG&&L/B &&LBJill Muller&&L/B was born in England and educated at Mercy College and Columbia University. She currently teaches at Mercy College and Columbia University. She is the author of &&LIGerard Manley Hopkins and Victorian Catholicism&&L/I, in addition to articles on Joyce, Newman, Hopkins, and the medieval women mystics.
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