The Secret Garden

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson 저자(글)

Puffin Books · 2008년 03월 27일

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A young orphan, Mary Lennox, is sent to live at her uncle's gloomy house in Yorkshire. The magical atmosphere of the garden attracts Mary as does Dickon, the boy who can charm wild animals.
Frances Hodgson Burnett lived from 1849 to 1924. She was born in Manchester and lived in great poverty after the death of her father in 1853. She escaped the horror of her surroundings by writing stories and often returned to a rags-to-riches or a riches-to-rags theme. In 1865 her family accepted a relative's invitation to emigrate to America. They were still poor but the wide open spaces of Tennesssee were better than the slums of Manchester. Frances had to earn money so began writing short pieces for American magazines. In 1873 she married Dr Swan Burnett, and it was under her married name that she became a world-famous children's writer. Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote over forty books; the two that are best-known today are The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy. In later life she became rather eccentric, turned to spiritualism and mystic cults and took to wearing frilly clothes and titian-coloured wigs this earned her the nickname 'Fluffy'.
Sophie Dahl was the inspiration for the character Sophie in The BFG, by Roald Dahl, her grandfather, as well as the author of The Man with the Dancing Eyes, a novella.
Frances Hodgson Burnett was the highest paid and most widely read woman writer of her time, publishing more than fifty novels and thirteen plays. Born in England and transplanted to New York toward the end of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries, and today both countries claim her as their own. "The Secret Garden," her best-known work, became an instant modern classic and world-wide bestseller upon its publication in 1911. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatory annotations. "Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" illuminate important aspects of Burnett's life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. Four illustrations point to Burnett's prominence in popular culture. "Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews and nine recent critical views of "The Secret Garden," including Jerry Phillips's sociopolitical interpretation and Phyllis Bixler's comparative analysis of the Broadway musical adaptation of the novel. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship forstudents at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.
After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is allowed to enter. Then Mary uncovers an old key in a flowerbed - and a gust of magic leads her to the hidden door. Slowly she turns the key and enters a world she could never have imagined.

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저자(글) Burnett, Frances Hodgson

1849년 11월 24일 영국 랭커셔 지방의 산업도시인 맨체스터에서 태어났다. 어린 나이에 아버지를 여의고, 그 후 집안 형편이 어려워지자 온 가족이 미국 테네시 주 녹스빌로 이주했다. 이 때부터 그는 어려운 살림살이에 보탬이 되기 위해 돈이 되는 글을 마구 써냈다. 그의 첫 번째 책은 로맨스였고, 소녀들의 패션 잡지에 실렸다. 하지만 랭커셔 광산촌 노동자들의 이야기인 '로리의 아가씨' 로 재능을 인정 받으면서 진정한 작가로 거듭나게 되었다. 특히 영국에서 보낸 자신의 어린 시절의 소중한 경험들을 생생하게 되짚어 낸 어린이책에서 타고난 재능을 발휘하였다. 영국 백작의 후계자가 된 미국 소년의 이야기인 '소공자', 소공녀라는 연극으로 각색된 '사라 크루', '비밀의 화원' 같은 작품들은 연극, 영화로도 여러 번 만들어졌고, 어렸을 때 한 번쯤은 꼭 읽어야 할 고전으로 손꼽히고 있다.

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ISBN	9780141321066 ( 0141321067 )
발행(출시)일자	2008년 03월 27일
쪽수	368쪽
크기	130 * 175 * 28 mm / 227 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어

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