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Little Saint Elizabeth
Little Saint Elizabeth
- GenresClassics
84 pages, Paperback
First published April 10, 2014
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
1,753 books4,910 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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August 15, 2019
I listened to the audio recording of this book by LibriVox. Not listed on Goodreads.
More lovely little stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I was not as keen on Little Saint Elizabeth, though it was in keeping with the era written. It is easy enough to write about a kind hearted little girl without having to present her as a mini nun after growing up with almost as many hardships as ‘Sarah Crewe’ had.
The story of the Prince was lovely. And the moralistic tales good little stories, too. These would be lovely to read with little children.
More lovely little stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I was not as keen on Little Saint Elizabeth, though it was in keeping with the era written. It is easy enough to write about a kind hearted little girl without having to present her as a mini nun after growing up with almost as many hardships as ‘Sarah Crewe’ had.
The story of the Prince was lovely. And the moralistic tales good little stories, too. These would be lovely to read with little children.
August 19, 2019
I can't say it is for everybody and I'm not at all sure I would read it to a young child, but I did like this novella/long short story and it was responsible for reminding me to look into more of Hodgson Burnett's writing. I have written several posts devoted to her adult novels recently and they can be found at Pams-Pictorama.com or the first one can be found at https://pams-pictorama.com/2019/07/21...
October 2, 2016
Awesome, so sweet and inspiring! Unfortunately it is way too short.
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