The Shuttle (novel) lay their coronets, and incidentally their hearts, at the feet of the all-conquering American Girl.’ The building and grounds of ‘Stornham Court’ were modelled after Great Maytham Hall, near Rolvenden in Kent, which had a beautiful garden that Bettina starts restoring in "The Shuttle" and which also inspired the titular garden of "The Secret Garden". Angelica Shirley Carpenter writes in "In the Garden, Essays in Honor of Frances Hodgson Burnett" that Burnett's depiction of Sir Nigel's abuse of Rosalie mirrors the abuse that Burnett herself suffered at the hands of her second husband Stephen: "All the classic signs of abuse,
The Shuttle (novel) list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1907 and 1908. "The Shuttle "was made into a silent film in 1918 by Margaret Trunbull and Harvey Thew, and featured Constance Talmadge as Bettina Vanderpoel, Edith Johnson as Rosalie Vanderpoel, E. B. Tilton as Reuben Vanderpoel, Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Vanderpoel, George McDaniel as Sir Nigel Anstruthers, Albert Roscoe as Lord Mount Dunstan, Thomas Persse as Penzance, Edward Piel as Ughtred Anstruthers, and Casson Fergusoe as G. Selden. It was directed by Rollin Sturgeon for Select Pictures. The Shuttle (novel) The Shuttle is a 1907 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett,