The entire book is brilliant up to the last chapter, which is so disappointing. The entire book is brilliant up to the last chapter, which is so disappointing.
I think this will be the last book I read for this year and it was a good thing I decided to reread this because it fills my heart with joy at the Magical life of Sara. It also inspired me to be better and that even though you cannot control the people around you or the circumstances that you fac...
Ultimo libro etto nel 2014. Non avrei potuto finire l'anno con un libro migliore di questo neanche se l'avessi voluto.Premesso che il film tratto da questo libro è uno dei miei preferiti, sapevo già che il libro mi sarebbe piaciuto. Non pensavo mi piacesse così tanto però. Stento anche a credere ...
Summary:This less-read work by the author of The Secret Garden follows the fortunes of young Cedric Errol, an American boy whose English father died when he was very young, leaving him and his mother to get on as best they can. But when Ceddie is seven, an astonishing thing happens: it is reveal...
When orphaned Mary Lennox, lonely and sad, comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can charm and talk to animals. Then, one d...
This has been my least favorite entry so far on my epic Frances Hodgson Burnett marathon. That isn't to say that the book is terrible, just that it is problematic and clumsy in contrast with the rest of FHB's work. FHB's works -- including this one -- both show and tell that good people are prima...
When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked up. And at night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. The gardens surrou...
Now in a large picture-book format for younger readers, this classic story about the friendship between three English children is enhanced with full-color illustrations and an adapted text.
When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked up. And at night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. The gardens surrou...
Share in the magic and wonder of the Secret Garden. . . Open these pages and step inside the enchanting world of the Secret Garden. Find out how Mary, Colin, and Dickon bring this mysterious garden back to life and soon discover there is magic that lives within its high wallsa magic with powers ...
Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden...
Since its original publication in 1911, The Secret Garden has ranked as one of the world's best-loved novels, captivating children and adults alike with its luminous tale of secrets and revelations, growth and renewal, and, above all, the transforming power of love.
Craven had been sent for the morning after Colin had had his tantrum. He was always sent for at once when such a thing occurred and he always found, when he arrived, a white shaken boy lying on his bed, sulky and still so hysterical that he was ready to break into fresh sobbing at the least word....
