The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett
An enchanting story of transformation and compassion, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 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—as well as the lives of those around her—begins to change in unforeseen ways.
Content
Chapter I. There is No One Left
Chapter II. Mistress Mary Quite Contrary
Chapter V. The Cry in the Corridor
Chapter VI. "There was Some One Crying —There was!"
Chapter VII. The Key to the Garden
Chapter VIII. The Robin who Showed the Way
Chapter IX. The Strangest House any one Ever Lived In
Chapter XI. The Nest of the Missel Thrush
Chapter XII. "Might I Have a Bit of Earth?"
Chapter XVI. "I Won't!" said Mary
Chapter XVIII. "Tha' Munnot Waste no Time"
Chapter XX. "I Shall Live Forever — and Ever — and Ever!"
Chapter XXII. When the Sun Went Down
Chapter XXIV. "Let Them Laugh"