Description |
320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Preface -- Before The secret garden. The locked door: England & America (1849-1897) ; Finding the key: Maytham Hall, Kent (1898-1908) -- Inside The secret garden. A gardener's guide to The secret garden: Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire -- After The secret garden. Nest building: Plandome Park, New York (1909-1920 ; A new bit of earth: Clifton Heights, Bermuda (1912-1920) ; When the sun went down: Clifton Heights & Plandome Park (1921-1924) -- Outside The secret garden. Further garden writings of Frances Hodgson Burnett ; Frances's plants: an annotated list -- Afterword: Sowing seeds / by Keri Wilt. |
Summary |
McDowell delves into the professional and gardening life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, the writer who dominated the literary world of her time. A lover of flowers and gardens, Burnett's path to literary triumph was a long one. McDowell reminds us why Burnett's 1911 novel, The secret garden, continues to touch readers after more than a century. |
Subject |
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924.
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. Secret garden.
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 -- Knowledge -- Botany.
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Gardening in literature.
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Plants in literature.
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Gardening.
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Plants.
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. (OCoLC)fst00049231
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Gardening. (OCoLC)fst00937852
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Gardening in literature. (OCoLC)fst01903317
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Plants. (OCoLC)fst01065823
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Plants in literature. (OCoLC)fst01066136
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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ISBN |
9781604699906 (hbk.) |
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1604699906 (hbk.) |
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