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The Secret Garden

Chapter 1: THE SECRET GARDEN
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A neglected, ill-tempered girl is sent to live at a remote manor where she uncovers a hidden, locked garden and, aided by a nature-skilled local boy and her fragile cousin, works to restore it. Tending the garden becomes a vehicle for physical revival, emotional softening, and growing friendships among the children and with an elderly gardener. The narrative traces their gradual transformations through discovery, care, and the reclaiming of a secret place, emphasizing the healing influence of nature, companionship, and hopeful renewal. Episodes alternate between domestic detail and pastoral description, leading from secrecy and illness toward openness and vitality.

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Title: The Secret Garden

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Release date: March 1, 1994 [eBook #113]
Most recently updated: October 29, 2024

Language: English

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THE SECRET GARDEN

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Author of

“The Shuttle,” “The Making of a Marchioness,” “The Methods of Lady Walderhurst,” “The Lass o’ Lowries,” “Through One Administration,” “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” “A Lady of Quality,” etc.


Contents

I. THERE IS NO ONE LEFT
II. MISTRESS MARY QUITE CONTRARY
III. ACROSS THE MOOR
IV. MARTHA
V. THE CRY IN THE CORRIDOR
VI. “THERE WAS SOMEONE CRYING—THERE WAS!”
VII. THE KEY TO THE GARDEN
VIII. THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY
IX. THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANYONE EVER LIVED IN
X. DICKON
XI. THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH
XII. “MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?”
XIII. “I AM COLIN”
XIV. A YOUNG RAJAH
XV. NEST BUILDING
XVI. “I WON’T!” SAID MARY
XVII. A TANTRUM
XVIII. “THA’ MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME”
XIX. “IT HAS COME!”
XX. “I SHALL LIVE FOREVER—AND EVER—AND EVER!”
XXI. BEN WEATHERSTAFF
XXII. WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN
XXIII. MAGIC
XXIV. “LET THEM LAUGH”
XXV. THE CURTAIN
XXVI. “IT’S MOTHER!”
XXVII. IN THE GARDEN