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The Secret Garden (Templar Classics) (Hardcover)

by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author), Nicholas Hewetson (Illustrator)
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  • Hardcover: 228 pages
  • Publisher: Templar Publishing; New edition edition (1 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840113057
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840113051
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,474,400 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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No childhood would be complete without experiencing the charm of this timeless classic, and this is an attractive, hardbound edition with lovely, full-colour illustrations. On her arrival at Misselthwaite Manor, Mary Lennos is considered a 'most disagreeable-looking child'. Her sullen nature is the result of her sickly and isolated infancy in India. Ignored by her parents, the lonely child was kept quiet by obsequious servants who pandered to her every whim. By the time she is sent back to England she has become completely self-absorbed and wilful. This is a story full of fascinating characters, all of whom have an important influence on Mary's development. There is her uncle, the hunchback who has hidden away since his young wife's tragic death and the down-to-earth servant Martha and her family, who have so little themselves and yet are full of kindness and generosity. There there is the mysterious crying which leads to the delicate, self-indulgent Colin who both helps to heal Mary and is healed himself, and, in contrast, the lively nature-loving Dickon. This is a sensitive tale that follows the gradual unfolding of Mary's better nature as she begins to experience and enjoy life. Like the flowers in the secret garden which proves her inspiration, she unfurls and begins to thrive, nurtured by the simple kindness of the servants, the gentle trust of the robin and the wild freedom of the moors. She is guided by the charismatic Dickon with his fine powers of instinct and intuition. This is a story of transformations, of the magic of kindness and nature's enduring ability to heal. (Kirkus UK)

In this bad version of a bad idea, the richly developed classic novel has been squeezed into the picture-book format. Resembling the bald summary of an opera plot, the story in its reduced state is all but a cliche: An orphaned girl finds a neglected garden and a neglected cousin and restores them both with the aid of the housemaid's young brother. Collier's full-color paintings take advantage of the opportunities for flora and fauna as the garden responds to cultivation and to the turning seasons, but the children's figures seem pasted into the space, and the scenes lack warmth. (Kirkus Reviews)

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