ISBN: 9781155303659 / 1155303652 1911 Novels (Study Guide): The Secret Garden, Ethan Frome, Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John, Moving the Mountain, Ralph 124c 41+, the Card by: General Books LLC

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Secret Garden, Ethan Frome, Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John, Moving the Mountain, Ralph 124c 41+, the Card, the Flying Girl, Jennie Gerhardt, the Clayhanger Family,... Show More

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Secret Garden, Ethan Frome, Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John, Moving the Mountain, Ralph 124c 41+, the Card, the Flying Girl, Jennie Gerhardt, the Clayhanger Family, Wellen, Quest for Fire, the Sea Fairies, Under Western Eyes, the Lair of the White Worm, the Outcry, Ladies Whose Bright Eyes, Zuleika Dobson, a True Woman, Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, the Daring Twins, the Story Girl, the Wild Geese, What a Life!, the Tree of Knowledge, the Iron Woman, the Hampdenshire Wonder, Tom Swift and His Wireless Message, Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, the White Peacock, Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, Fermina Márquez, Just Patty. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in autumn 1910; the book was first published in its entirety in 1911. Its working title was Mistress Mary, in reference to the English nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of children's literature. The main character of this story is Mary Lennox. She has been born to rich British parents that are currently living in India. Her parents were busy with extravagant parties and left Mary with her ayah for most of the time. Orphaned by an outbreak of cholera, she is sent back to England to be cared for by her mother's sister's husband, Archibald Craven, a reclusive widower. Craven's wife, Lilian, died ten years earlier. He is still mourning that loss. To escape his sad memories, he constantly travels abroad, leaving the entire manor, including Mary, to be cared for by his housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock. The only person who has any time for the l...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=410873 Show Less