本书是英文原版小说，讲述了性格孤僻的小姑娘玛丽的故事，她在父母双亡后被送到一文化教育龙罩着神秘气氛的庄园。空旷的庄园里有一个关闭了十年之久，连门也找不到了的秘密花园。小说就是以这座庄园为背景，性格迥异的孩子如何寻找秘密花园并使之复活，同时自己也在大自然的怀抱中摆脱了病态心理，变得生气勃勃了。小说充满童趣，悬念丛生，富有教益，是世界儿童文学史上的一部经典之作。

Mary Lennox was horrid Selfish and spoilt, shewas sent to stay with her hunchback uncle inYorkshire. She hated it.

But when she finds the way into a secretgarden and begins to tend it, a change comesover her and her life. She meets and befriends alocal boy, the talented Dickon, and comes acrossher sickly cousin Colin who had been kepthidden from her. Between them, the threechildren work astonishing magic in themselvesand those around them.

The Secret Garden is one of the best-lovedstories of all time.