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Collected Works of Frances Hodgson Burnett
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236 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2005
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
1,746 books4,901 followersFrances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).
Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was 4 years old, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling in New Market, Tennessee. Frances began her writing career there at age 19 to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines. In 1870, her mother died. In Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1873 she married Swan M. Burnett, who became a medical doctor. Their first son Lionel was born a year later. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their second son Vivian was born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C. Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o' Lowrie's), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of children's fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess.
Beginning in the 1880s, Burnett began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there, where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her elder son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life. She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townesend in 1900, and divorced him in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, New York, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery.
In 1936, a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honor in Central Park's Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.
Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was 4 years old, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling in New Market, Tennessee. Frances began her writing career there at age 19 to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines. In 1870, her mother died. In Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1873 she married Swan M. Burnett, who became a medical doctor. Their first son Lionel was born a year later. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their second son Vivian was born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C. Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o' Lowrie's), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of children's fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess.
Beginning in the 1880s, Burnett began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there, where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her elder son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life. She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townesend in 1900, and divorced him in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, New York, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery.
In 1936, a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honor in Central Park's Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.
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December 23, 2020
Fairy tales for adults
At first I gave this book 4*, I don't much go on short stories - judge ye not!
This book is a collection of versatile, original and highly imaginitive stories of varying lengths, from novella to blockbuster (well, almost). The English is a little formal, but incredibly well written, and descriptive without becoming boring.
The two things that earned this collection the extra star have been my inability to put down a single one of the stories once I am past the first 20%. And the way Hodgson Burnett focusses her descriptive prose: a first journey across Europe captures the scenery, architecture and social changes in a way that enraptured me as much as it did the character viewing it for the first time; a new wardrobe created for a young woman's coming of age was as exciting for me as for her. If someone grieved, I did; if they were tired, I was; exhilarated - yes, even that.
A consumate author who deserves better remembrance amongst the classics. The stories are magical, while still being mostly believable, moral tales, and the book highly entertaining.
At first I gave this book 4*, I don't much go on short stories - judge ye not!
This book is a collection of versatile, original and highly imaginitive stories of varying lengths, from novella to blockbuster (well, almost). The English is a little formal, but incredibly well written, and descriptive without becoming boring.
The two things that earned this collection the extra star have been my inability to put down a single one of the stories once I am past the first 20%. And the way Hodgson Burnett focusses her descriptive prose: a first journey across Europe captures the scenery, architecture and social changes in a way that enraptured me as much as it did the character viewing it for the first time; a new wardrobe created for a young woman's coming of age was as exciting for me as for her. If someone grieved, I did; if they were tired, I was; exhilarated - yes, even that.
A consumate author who deserves better remembrance amongst the classics. The stories are magical, while still being mostly believable, moral tales, and the book highly entertaining.
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January 7, 2018
I have read The Secret Garden before several times, but every time I reread it I find something new. This book really is timeless.
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