Try --The Secret Garden book report After heroine Mary’s parents died of cholera in India‚ she was sent to her uncle Archibald in Yorkshire. Life began to change. Mary‚ a spoiled and bad-tempered girl‚ who even didn’t know how to dress‚ tried to dress herself for the first time the morning she awoke. She was so lonely‚ that‚ she kept trying to find the secret garden after the servant Martha told her about it by chance. The secret garden had been locked up for ten years because her aunt died
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Two unwanted children…share a vitalizing secret… The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett Puffin Classics Rs. 180 Nine-year old Mary Lennox is a disagreeable orphan‚ who is sent to her uncle’s desolate mansion in England. Misselthwaite Manor‚ however‚ conceals plenty of secrets…which seem to be waiting to be discovered… On realising that she has nothing better to do‚ Mary spends all her time in the vast gardens surrounding her uncle’s mansion. It is not until the day when a friendly
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Book Review on The Secret Garden Title: The Secret Garden Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Summary of the story Mary Lennox was a spoilt little girl and lived in India. Her parents were rich and she had maids working for her. But when her maids and parents died of a disease‚ 9 – year – old‚ Mary Lennox is sent to her Uncle’ s mansion on the Yorkshire Moors. But a tragedy happened ten years ago and her Uncle has never recovered from it. Miserable Mary started to explore the gardens of the house
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ten-year-old girl who‚ after the death of her parents in India‚ is sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire‚ England. She evolves from a spoiled‚ unloved and unloving creature to a girl who is full of spirit and surrounded by friends. She begins the book as its central character. Colin Craven - The other of the novel’s protagonists‚ Colin Craven is Archibald Craven’s ten-year-old son and heir. He was born shortly after the death of his mother‚ and his father could not bear to look at him because
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THE SECRET GARDEN Stage 3 ’We’re alike‚ you and me‚’ old Ben Weatherstaff said to Mary. ’We’re not pretty to look at and we’re both very disagreeable.’ Poor Mary! Nobody wants her‚ nobody likes her. Her parents have died‚ and she is sent home from India to live in her uncle’s house in Yorkshire. It is a big old house‚ with nearly a hundred rooms‚ but most of them are shut and locked. Mary is cross and bored‚ and lonely. There is nothing to do all day‚ and no one to talk to‚ except old Ben Weatherstaff
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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 CHAPTER TITLE 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 SOME ONE CRYING--THERE WAS!" VII THE KEY TO THE GARDEN VIII THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY IX THE STRANGEST
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“The Secret Garden” written by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a fantastic children’s Literature book. There are several critics on what is the real metaphoric meaning behind the novel. There are several themes that exists amongst which is the theme of “Utopia”‚ which can be defined as a perfect society‚ a place of perfection and happiness‚ and the opposite to that happiness‚ “Dystopia”. As a reader who has read the book I couldn’t agree less on the ideal idea of the secret garden in the novel that is
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THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1- Provide information about the author’s biography. 2- Find the themes of the story. Provide examples by means of extracts. 3- Look up the notions of Theosophy and New Thought. In what ways do they relate to the book? 4- Describe the characters in the story. 5- Which symbols can you find in the novel? Explain their meanings according to your interpretation. 6- Mention characteristics of children’s literature in the story. 7- Analyse:
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Abby McDermitt The Secret Garden One of the major themes in this novel is the relationship between landscape and a person’s welfare. One of the most important ways that the novel shows this theme is by creating an opposition between India and England. The novel subtly attributes Mary’s childhood sickness to her time in India: "Her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another." India is consistently presented as a place which gives off
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all need love in their lives and have never been loved or belonged anywhere. In the movie‚ The Secret Garden‚ based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett‚ the theme is wanting to feel like you belong and are loved and it is shown in Mrs. Medlock‚ Lord Craven‚ Colin Craven‚ and Mary Lennox. Mrs. Medlock is a cruel housekeeper and nurse at the Craven mansion. She may be the cruelest character throughout the movie‚ but she still wants to belong and wants to be loved. When Mary first meets Mrs. MedLock
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