Mary also takes an unkind, superior attitude toward servants and recalls losing her temper and slapping her Ayah (Indian nursemaid). Indians are referred to as "natives" and "blacks," and Mary is angry and insulted when she's compared to them. That said, it includes some racist ideas about class, colonization, and Indian people. For generations, this 1909 novel has inspired a love of nature and simple pleasures in young readers. Friendship and the restorative powers of nature help the children gain good spirits and health. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885–1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).Parents need to know that Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden is a beautifully written book about two selfish, disagreeable English cousins - Mary and Colin - whose lives and dispositions are transformed when they find their way into a locked, walled garden. The author: Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright.
Kirk) and the British edition by Heinemann with illustrations by Charles Heath Robinson. The American edition was published in 1911 by Stokes with illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk (signed as M. Several stage and film adaptations have been made. Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children's literature. The book : Rare and attractive second edition of The Secret Garden - The children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published as a book in 1911, after a version was published as an American magazine serial beginning in 1910. (Complete with the color frontispiece and 3 full page plates). Illustrations : Beautifully illustrated by Maria Louise Kirk. Second edition.īinding : Very good and attractive original green cloth covered boards with the large pictorial pastedown on front cover (overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.Ĭontent : Very good content (rare foxing and staining, gift note of a previous owner on first endpaper, one lower corner of a page chip without affecting the text - as shown). Publisher : New York, Frederick Stokes, 1911.
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