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The Secret Garden (Unabridged Classics)
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Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.
Born in India, the unattractive and willful Mary Lennox has remained in the care of servants for as long as she can remember. But the girl’s life changes when her mother and father die and she travels to Yorkshire to live with her uncle. Dark, dreary Misselthwaite Manor seems full of mysteries, including a very special garden, locked tight for 10 years. With the help of Dickon, a local boy, Mary intends to uncover its secrets.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #35275 in Books
- Published on: 2004-10-01
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 248 pages
Features
- ISBN13: 9781402714597
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews
Read and re-read
Five generations of my family have adored The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, albeit in different editions. It was first published over 100 years ago, but when I read it as a child I was transported to that place and time and I was Mary Lennox. My great grandmother, grandmother, mother and daughter all had the same experience when they each discovered this book around 6-10 years old.
It is about a little girl orphaned in India and sent to live with an uncle/guardian in a big house in England. I don't want to spoil the story for you, but it is a book about discovery, growth and so much more.
Discoveries include a cousin, a young gardener, the glories and coming to life of a secret garden and relationships.
A book is the best way to experience "The Secret Garden" because the pictures you paint in your mind are much stronger than those on the screen, however there was also a brilliant BBC series. If you can get this on DVD, maybe from Amazon in the UK or ebay, do get it.
Buy and read the book first, it is something you will treasure for life. I still love reading "The Secret Garden" every few years.
excellent edition, nice to reread and keep in my collection for the kids
This is a lovely edition. I plan to keep it in my collection for the children as the get older. A more compelling story than I remember from my childhood.
one of my favorite books of all time
One of my favorite books of all time, a simple, yet Romantic and Gothic, story about a spoiled, orphaned little girl that goes to live with her dark and cold widower uncle in his massive mansion. She discovers the garden he has locked up, and as she brings it back to life, she grows and changes, as does the mysterious, invalid boy she has discovered. So much of this book imprinted on me: the gothic, tragic romance for Archibald Craven, the forbidden garden returned to nature then brought to life, the enormous house, the mystery and beauty. One of my favorite books of my childhood, one of the few that I can still love as an adult. Burnett wrote simply, magically, beautifully, and timelessly. Love, love, love this book.
