The Secret Garden - Paperback

by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author), Shelley King (Editor), Heather K. Cyr (Editor)

Back Jacket

The New York Times wrote of The Secret Garden, "Many authors can write delightful books for children; a few can write entertaining books about children for adults; but it is only the exceptional author who can write a book about children with sufficient skill, charm, simplicity, and significance to make it acceptable to both young and old." Perhaps this quality of being a book that appeals to children but remains pleasurable for adult readers is the key to the remarkable, enduring popularity of this Edwardian story of horticultural redemption for its protagonists, a cross, unlovely little girl, brought from India to an unfamiliar England, and a sickly boy given to temper tantrums.

This Broadview Edition provides extensive historical materials related to the novel's publication and reception, as well as up-to-date and nuanced critical context.

Author Biography

Shelley King is Professor Emerita of English at Queen's University. Heather K. Cyr is Chair of the English Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.