The Secret Garden 秘密花园

图书标准信息

• 作者 Frances Hodgson Burnett（弗朗西斯·霍奇森·伯内特） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1987-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212013
• 定价 20.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 304页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classic

【内容简介】

Fewchildren'sclassicscanmatchthecharmandoriginalityofFrancesHodgsonBurnett'sTheSecretGarden,theunforgettablestoryofsullen,sulkyMaryLennox,"themostdisagreeable-lookingchildeverseen."Whenacholeraepidemicleavesherasanorphan,MaryissenttoEnglandtolivewithherreclusiveuncle,ArchibaldCraven,atMisselthwaiteManor.Unlovedandunloving,Marywandersthedesolatemoorsuntilonedayshechancesuponthedoorofasecretgarden.Whatfollowsisoneofthemostbeautifultalesoftransformationinchildren'sliterature,asMaryhersicklyandtyrannicalcousinColinandapeasantboynamedDicksonsecretlystrivetomakethegardenbloomoncemore.

Auniqueblendofrealismandmagic,TheSecretGardenremainsamovingexpressionofeverychild'sneedtonurtureandbenurtured—astorythathascapturedforalltimetherareandenchantedworldofchildhood.

【作者简介】

FrancesHodgsonBurnettwasborninManchester,England,onNovember241849.Afterherfather'sdeathin1853,Burnett'smotherranthefamily'sironfoundryuntiltheAmericanCivilWarcausedthebusinesstofail.Destitute,theHodgsonsmovedtoTennesseein1865tostaywithrelativesinalogcabin.Franceslivedthereuntil1873,whenshemarriedadoctor,SwanBurnett,whomshelaterdivorcedin1898.ShemarriedPeterTownsend,anactor,in1900.

FromherteensFranceshadwrittenstoriesandtalestohelphersupportthefamilyandlaterclaimednevertohavewrittenamanuscriptthatwasnotpublished.HerfirstwidespreadsuccesscamewithThatLasso'Lowrie'sin1877,ataleoftheLancashirecoalmines.ButitwasthepublicationofLittleLordFauntleroy,in1886,thatbroughttheauthorfameandwealthandestablishedCedricasthemodelforagenerationsofyoungboys.SaraCrewewaspublishedin1888,andtherags-to-richesstorywassosuccessfulthatBurnettrevised,expanded,andrepublisheditin1905asALittlePrincess.ThebelovedTheSecretGardenappearedfouryearslatertoenormouscriticalandpopularacclaim.

Aprolificwriter,FrancesHodgsonBurnettwroteover40novelsandplaysanddozensofshortstoriesduringherlifetime.ShediedatPlandome,NewYork,onOctober291924.