- Series: Great Illustrated Classics
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Waldman Publishing Corp. (January 1, 2008)
- Language: English
Book Description:
Mary Lennox has no one
left in the world when she arrives at Misselthwaite Manor, her
mysterious uncle's enormous, drafty mansion looming on the edge of the
moors. A cholera epidemic has ravaged the Indian village in which she
was born, killing both her parents and the "Ayah," or Indian servant,
who cared for her. Not that being alone is new to her. Her socialite
mother had no time between parties for Mary, and her father was both too
ill and too occupied by his work to raise his daughter. Not long after
coming to live with her uncle, Mr. Craven, Mary discovers a walled
garden, neglected and in ruins. Soon she meets her servant Martha's
brother Dickon, a robust country boy nourished both by his mother's love
and by the natural surroundings of the countryside; and her tyrannical
cousin Colin, whose mother died giving birth to him. So traumatized was
Mr. Craven by the sudden death of his beloved wife that he effectively
abandoned the infant Colin and buried the keys to the garden that she
adored. His son has grown into a self-loathing hypochondriacal child
whose tantrums strike fear into the hearts of servants. The lush garden
is now overgrown and all are forbidden to enter it. No one can even
remember where the door is, until a robin leads Mary to its hidden key.
It is in the "secret garden," and with the help of Dickon, that Mary and
Colin find the path to physical and spiritual health. Along the way the
three children discover that in their imaginations-called "magic" by
Colin-is the power to transform lives.
Erica's Review:
This book was a very good book. The one thing that I didn't like was that there was a picture on every page. The first part of the book was very good I thought that was the best part. Overall the book was a good book and the book had a very good ending.
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