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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialization in The American Magazine . Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made. The American edition was published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company with illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk , and the British edition by Heinemann with illustrations by Charles Heath Robinson.

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“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"…
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…”

Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden

Source: The Secret Garden

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“My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden

Source: The Secret Garden

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“Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden

Source: The Secret Garden

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“You and me are a good bit alike. We're neither of us good lookin', and we're both as sour as we look.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden

Ben
The Secret Garden (1909)

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“You can't marry this Archibald. He's a gloomy, miserable cripple that hides himself away in that horrible house. You've said it yourself, you can't believe you love him and neither can I!”

Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden

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The Secret Garden (1909)

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“Yorkshire’s th’ sunniest place on earth when it is sunny.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden

Source: The Secret Garden (1911), Chapter 7