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The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden is a 1911 novel by Frances Dodgson Burnett. Its main character is spoiled 10-year-old Mary Lennox who moves to England, after her parents die of Cholera, to live with her uncle. There she discovers a garden and begins to change in her ways.

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What are important settings in The Secret Garden?

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The secret garden takes place in Yorkshire, England at Misselthwaite manor where the secret garden is located.

What is a good summary for chapter 21 of the secret garden?

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chapter 7 SUMMARY

Two days later, the rain has stopped and the sky over the moor is a dazzling blue. Martha tells Mary how spectacular the moor is when it is sunny and in bloom. She tells of colorful flowers, hundreds of butterflies, bees and singing birds. Martha is leaving for her day off. She will walk five miles across the moor to her family's cottage. Mary wants to go out on the moor, even some day to visit Martha's cottage and meet her mother. Mary likes Martha's mother, even though they have not met, Martha makes her sound so dear. She feels the same about Dickon, too.

The weather has changed and even Ben Weatherstaff is in a better mood. He tells Mary about how the flowers will grow now that spring has come, spiking up through the soil and slowly unfurling. The robin appears as Mary walks on.

What is an example of personification in The Secret Garden?

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The beautiful plant lookes like a actress putting on make-up by my count.

Where does The Secret Garden take place?

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Allerton Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
Fountains Abbey / Studley Royal, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UK (The Secret Garden)

Harrow School, Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
St. Pancras Chambers, St. Pancras Station, St. Pancras, London, England, UK

Who are the main characters of The Secret Garden?

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Mary Lennox

Mary is the main character in the story, and in the beginning of the novel is described as a spoled, sickly, and surly child who never smiles and often throws herself into fits of anger. At only 10 years old, her parents died of cholera and she is sent from India (where she had been raised) to Yorkshire England to live with an Uncle whom she has never met. She is of course quite miserable and on the voyage to England all the other children would tauntingly sing "Mistress Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?" at her. She was really rather miserable, lonely, and hostile... until she discovers the garden and begins to make it her own.

After befriending Dicken and Colin, and after she begins growing and tending the garden; Mary's character transforms into that of a caring, imaginative young girl.

Colin Craven

Colin is Mary's cousin and has been bedridden for most of his life. His mother is also dead (Mary's aunt) and he has since developed a morbid obsession with death. He is convinced that he is going to die (in the near future) and is not allowed to go outside, or walk. Mary convinces him that there is nothing wrong with him- and he too begins to grow. First, he grows emotionally- as he was a spoiled, stubborn, demanding, and pig-headed child- and after his curiosity in the outside world is piqued; he eventually learns how to walk while spending time in the garden with Mary. He also becomes slightly less pompous and reveals that all he has ever wanted was the love of his father.

Dicken

Dicken is Martha (the maids) younger brother who spends a great deal of time with Mary. He is very in touch with nature and has a very soft, caring disposition. It was Dicken who assured Mary that the garden was very much alive, and helped her learn to help it grow. He is very calm, and gentle in nature and becomes very close with Mary sparking jealousy in Colin.

Mrs. Medlock

Is Colins caretaker and nurse. She is over-bearing and over-protective of him and does not allow him to develop normally for fear of his death. It was ultimately Medlock that caused Colin to be as sickly as he was. Had Colin been able to romp and play as a child he likely would have led a normal life, however her over-protective, matronly persona prevented any growth or development. She has devoted her life to preserving and nurturing Colin, and when Mary puts him at risk- her displeasure and hatred are unbearable. She can be described as stern, over-bearing, and rigid, though deep down her heart is in the right place.

What town is The Secret Garden located in?

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If I told you, then it wouldn't be a secret, would it? Biggs

Who is the publisher of The Secret Garden?

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Federick A. Stokes is the publisher and it was published in 1911.

Is The Secret Garden a good book?

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett who meant the book to entertain not to inform or persuade.

It has a few parallel story lines. One of a spoiled, seemingly unloved child of 10 (Mary Lennox) whose parents die and she is forced to move to England into a gloomy sad household with an uncle that doesn't ask for her and staff (mostly) that treat her with disdain. She is forced into a lifestyle and surroundings where she is entirely unfamiliar and ends up discovering beauty, learns to look at herself from a different perspective and helps her cousin to finally thrive.

At the same time it's the story of not being able to move forward and creating a whole reality around a misconception. Young Colin is Mary's cousin because his mother was Mary's aunt (her mother's twin sister). His mother died while she was pregnant with him, causing him to be born prematurely. From that his father went into a depression, and since he (Colin) was weak as a baby, the whole household went on the assumption that he was frail and so he didn't leave his bed for his 10 years of life (thus far). He was treated like he had a terminal disease and he believed he was going to die. they kept him hidden for fear of infecting him.

When Mary found the garden and started to see the life in it and enjoy watching it come to life, she also met her cousin, and made a relationship with him. In doing so, she focused less on her problems and ended up helping him to see that he's as healthy as anyone and he just has to bloom. just like the garden

What is the problem in The Secret Garden?

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Mary and Colin become good friends and go to the garden and fix it up for Mrs. Craven

Did Nina Bawden Write The Secret Garden?

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No, Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The Secret Garden.

Is The Secret Garden an AR book?

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It could be real or not but from my thinking No! because in that story it talks about this bird that was so friendly that it helped the girl in the book find the key and the door to go to the secret garden that had been locked for ten years!

I don't know if you would believe me or not but believe me it's not a true story!

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Who is dickon in the book called The Secret Garden?

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Dickon helps Mary to bring the garden back to life. He assures her that though the garden has been neglected, it is still "wick," full of life. Dickon spends most of his time out on the moor, making friends with animals and conversing with them. He has a vast amount of knowledge about nature, which intrigues Mary and causes them to form a quick friendship. He lives in a cottage on the grounds of Misselthwaite with his mother, Mrs. Sowerby, and his sister Martha, along with their many other young siblings.

What is the genre of The Secret Garden?

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The genre of The Secret Garden is young adult, as well as classic literature.

Explain the reason why MrCraven locked the garden in the book The Secret Garden?

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because his wife (mrs craven) died in there

What is the story The Secret Garden by Eliza Burnett about?

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*****Spoilers******

The Secret Garden is an absolutely brilliant mystery. In the previous story in the anthology, we are introduced to the great detective Valentin, and the clever priest Father Brown. In that story Valentin is a good guy.

In "The Secret Garden", a man is found beheaded in the garden. The problem: Why would someone hack off someone's head when he could just stab him or something? How did the dead man get into the garden in the first place? (A high wall surounds the garden). One guest, Brayne, is nowhere to be found after the body is discovered, leading the guests to believe Brayne was the culprit.

But then a surprise turns up- on the other side of the wall, in the river, a head without a body is found- Brayne's!

Father Brown finally comes up with a solution- The beheaded "body" found in the garden was not really what it seemed. It was Brayne's body but the head was that of a man who had been guillotined as a criminal. The murderer had beheaded Brayne and thrown Brayne's head over the wall where it fell into the river; hence, the discovery of the second head.

He had then placed the head of the random guillotined man's head by Brayne's body to make it look like one beheaded person.

The culprit? Valentin, who feared that Brayne, a millionaire, would provide funding to the Nationalistic party, of which he was a political enemy.

Who wrote The Secret Garden?

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It was initially published in serial format starting in autumn 1910; the book was first published in its entirety in 1911.