The Secret Garden

<p><strong>"The Secret Garden should be on every child's bookshelf."<em>&mdash;Amanda Craig, The Time</em></strong><br /> <br />An enchanting story of transformation and compassion, <strong>Frances Hodgson Burnett's</strong> The Secret Garden is widely considered to be one of the most important works of children's literature. After her parents die of cholera, Mary Lennox, a difficult and sickly little girl, is brought from India to her mysterious uncle's sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Mary continues in her self-absorbed ways until one day she discovers a hidden and neglected garden adjoining her uncle's mansion. When she meets Ben Weatherstaff, a curt but gentle gardener, and discovers her hidden-away invalid cousin, Colin Craven, the three come together to tend the garden, and Mary's life&mdash;as well as the lives of those around her&mdash;begins to change in unforeseen ways.</p> <p>This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the first American edition published in 1911.</p> <p><strong>Praise for <em>The Secret Garden</em></strong></p> <p>"It is only the exceptional author who can write a book about children with sufficient skill, charm, simplicity, and significance to make it acceptable to both young and old. Mrs. Burnett is one of the few thus gifted."<em><strong>&mdash;The New York Times</strong></em></p>