In this beloved story, readers travel with Mary Lennox, a spoiled and sullen orphan, from colonial India to Misselthwaite Manor,a forbidding estate on the Yorkshire moors. There, in the unlikeliest of places,Mary discovers and helps restore an abandoned garden and, in the process, blossoms herself into a creature of loving kindness.
In this beloved story, readers travel with Mary Lennox, a spoiled and sullen orphan, from colonial India to Misselthwaite Manor,a forbidding estate on the Yorkshire moors. There, in the unlikeliest of places,Mary discovers and helps restore an abandoned garden and, in the process, blossoms herself into a creature of loving kindness.
Mary’s transformation begins when she meets a no-nonsense house-keeper, a brusque gardener, and a sprightly robin that leads her to the hidden garden. With the help of Dickon, a boy with an almost super-natural affinity for animals and plants, and Colin, her frail cousin,Mary works in secret to bring new life to the old garden. The three friends find their efforts rewarded not only with all the pleasure that blooming flowers bring, but also the blessings of good health and high spirits.
Since its initial appearance in 1911, this cherished classic of children’s literature by the author of A Little Princess has enchanted readers.Now available in this unabridged, modestly priced edition, The Secret Garden will continue to charm modern readers of all ages.
1 There Is No One Left
2 Mistress Mary Quite Contrary
3 Across the Moor
4 Martha
5 The Cry in the Corridor
6 "There Was Some One Crying-There Was!"
7 The Key of the Garden
8 The Robin Who Showed the Way
9 The Strangest House Any One Ever Lived In
10 Dickon
11 The Nest of the Missel Thrush
12 "Might I Have a Bit of Earth?"
13 "I am Colin"
14 A Young Rajah
15 Nest Building
16 "I Won’t!" Said Mary
17 A Tantrum
18 "Tha’ Munnot Waste No Time"
19 "It Has Come!"
20 "I Shall Live Forever-and Ever-and Ever!"
21 Ben Weatherstaff
22 When the Sun Went Down
23 Magic
24 "Let Them Laugh"
25 The Curtain
26 "It’s Mother!"
27 In the Garden