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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a children's novel first published in 1911. When orphaned Mary Lennox arrives at her uncle's gloomy Yorkshire manor, she discovers a locked garden that has been abandoned for ten years. As Mary explores this hidden world, she uncovers family secrets and finds an unexpected companion—her bedridden cousin Colin. Together with a nature-loving boy named Dickon, the children nurture the forgotten garden back to life, transforming themselves in the process. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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  1. 1THE SECRET GARDEN1,877 chars
  2. 2CHAPTER I. THERE IS NO ONE LEFT10,062 chars
  3. 3CHAPTER II. MISTRESS MARY QUITE CONTRARY14,416 chars
  4. 4CHAPTER III. ACROSS THE MOOR7,781 chars
  5. 5CHAPTER IV. MARTHA28,226 chars
  6. 6CHAPTER V. THE CRY IN THE CORRIDOR11,545 chars
  7. 7CHAPTER VI. “THERE WAS SOMEONE CRYING—THERE WAS!”11,947 chars
  8. 8CHAPTER VII. THE KEY TO THE GARDEN10,627 chars
  9. 9CHAPTER VIII. THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY14,149 chars
  10. 10CHAPTER IX. THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANYONE EVER LIVED IN16,536 chars
  11. 11CHAPTER X. DICKON19,735 chars
  12. 12CHAPTER XI. THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH13,040 chars
  13. 13CHAPTER XII. “MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?”13,531 chars
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII. “I AM COLIN”21,548 chars
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV. A YOUNG RAJAH19,314 chars
  16. 16CHAPTER XV. NEST BUILDING20,565 chars
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI. “I WON’T!” SAID MARY12,326 chars
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII. A TANTRUM12,059 chars
  19. 19CHAPTER XVIII. “THA’ MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME”11,538 chars
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX. “IT HAS COME!”18,713 chars
  21. 21CHAPTER XX. “I SHALL LIVE FOREVER—AND EVER—AND EVER!”13,782 chars
  22. 22CHAPTER XXI. BEN WEATHERSTAFF17,694 chars
  23. 23CHAPTER XXII. WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN8,571 chars
  24. 24CHAPTER XXIII. MAGIC21,347 chars
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIV. “LET THEM LAUGH”21,249 chars
  26. 26CHAPTER XXV. THE CURTAIN12,579 chars
  27. 27CHAPTER XXVI. “IT’S MOTHER!”16,294 chars
  28. 28CHAPTER XXVII. IN THE GARDEN27,360 chars