Who wrote the 1911 novel ‘The Secret Garden’?
The Secret Garden and HTML illustrated) The Secret Garden The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911 following the publication in 1910 of a serial version in a US magazine. Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made. The American edition was published by Stokes with illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk (signed as M. L. Kirk) and the British edition by Heinemann with illustrations by Charles Heath Robinson. At the turn of the
The Secret Garden death in 1924, Anne H. Lundin noted that the author's obituary notices all remarked on "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and passed over "The Secret Garden" in silence. With the rise of scholarly work in children's literature over the past quarter-century, "The Secret Garden" has risen steadily in prominence. It is often noted as one of the best children's books of the twentieth century. In 2003 it ranked number 51 in The Big Read, a survey of the British public by the BBC to identify the "Nation's Best-loved Novel" (not children's novel). Based on a 2007 online poll, the U.S. National Education