The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0439099390 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0439099390 Global Overview for this book
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by 
lukutuoli
from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Saturday, September 2, 2006
lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Saturday, September 2, 2006
I got this same book in Finnish from my piano teacher when it was my 8th birthday. I liked it in that age very much, but haven't read it afterwards. This English version I bought for BC-purposes.
From Publishers Weekly
Soothing and mellifluous, native Briton Bailey's voice proves an excellent instrument for polishing up a new edition of Burnett's story. Bratty and spoiled Mary Lennox is orphaned when her parents fall victim to a cholera outbreak in India. As a result, Mary becomes the ward of an uncle in England she has never met. As she hesitantly tries to carve a new life for herself at imposing and secluded Misselthwaite Manor, Mary befriends a high-spirited boy named Dickon and investigates a secret garden on the Manor grounds. She also discovers a sickly young cousin, Colin, who has been shut away in a hidden Manor room. Together Mary and Dickon help Colin blossom, and in the process Mary finds her identity and melts the heart of her emotionally distant uncle. Bailey makes fluid transitions between the voices and accents of various characters, from terse Mrs. Medlock and surly groundskeeper Ben to chipper housemaid Martha. And most enjoyably, she gives Mary a believably childlike voice.
EDIT 01.10.2006
Available in Book Relay (BBC Top 100 Read Relay #2)
Hengameh accepted this book in Book Relay, so The Secret Garden will leave Finland for Iran in a couple of days!
From Publishers Weekly
Soothing and mellifluous, native Briton Bailey's voice proves an excellent instrument for polishing up a new edition of Burnett's story. Bratty and spoiled Mary Lennox is orphaned when her parents fall victim to a cholera outbreak in India. As a result, Mary becomes the ward of an uncle in England she has never met. As she hesitantly tries to carve a new life for herself at imposing and secluded Misselthwaite Manor, Mary befriends a high-spirited boy named Dickon and investigates a secret garden on the Manor grounds. She also discovers a sickly young cousin, Colin, who has been shut away in a hidden Manor room. Together Mary and Dickon help Colin blossom, and in the process Mary finds her identity and melts the heart of her emotionally distant uncle. Bailey makes fluid transitions between the voices and accents of various characters, from terse Mrs. Medlock and surly groundskeeper Ben to chipper housemaid Martha. And most enjoyably, she gives Mary a believably childlike voice.
EDIT 01.10.2006
Available in Book Relay (BBC Top 100 Read Relay #2)
Hengameh accepted this book in Book Relay, so The Secret Garden will leave Finland for Iran in a couple of days!
the book is here. thanks for sending it.
