For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship forstudents at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. "Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews and nine recent critical views of "The Secret Garden," including Jerry Phillips's sociopolitical interpretation and Phyllis Bixler's comparative analysis of the Broadway musical adaptation of the novel. Four illustrations point to Burnett's prominence in popular culture. "Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" illuminate important aspects of Burnett's life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing.
The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatory annotations. "The Secret Garden," her best-known work, became an instant modern classic and world-wide bestseller upon its publication in 1911. Born in England and transplanted to New York toward the end of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries, and today both countries claim her as their own. Frances Hodgson Burnett was the highest paid and most widely read woman writer of her time, publishing more than fifty novels and thirteen plays.
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