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El jardín secreto

El jardín secreto

ClassicsLiterary Fiction
Pages
264
Published
2013
Language
English

Synopsis

Mary Lennox, a spoiled and lonely orphan, is sent to live with her reclusive uncle in a sprawling manor on the Yorkshire moors. She discovers a hidden garden on the estate, locked away and forgotten. As Mary, along with her sickly cousin Colin and local boy Dickon, works to bring the garden back to life, she begins to heal from her own grief and isolation.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

HopefulHeartwarmingWhimsical
Coming of AgeFound Family

Genres

Classics Literary Fiction Young Adult

About the author

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett was best known as an English playwright and author. Frances Eliza Hodgson was born on November 24, 1849, at Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England, to Eliza Boond and Edwin Hodgson. She was the middle child of five, with two older brothers and two younger sisters. Frances grew up in a comfortable home. Mr. Hodgson sold brass goods to upper class households, and the family had a maid, a nurse-maid, and a horse and carriage. However, in the early 1850's when Frances was onl...

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