{"product_id":"9781411433120","title":"The Secret Garden (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThough \u003cb\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c\/b\u003e wrote more than forty books, none remains so popular as her miraculous and magical masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Garden\u003c\/i\u003e. Has any story ever dared to begin by calling its heroine, “the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen” and, just a few sentences later, “as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived?” Mary Lennox is the “little pig,” sent to Misselthwaite Manor, on the Yorkshire moors, to live with her uncle after her parents die of cholera. There she discovers her sickly cousin Colin, who is equally obnoxious and imperious. Both love no one because they have never been loved. They are the book’s spiritual secret gardens, needing only the right kind of care to bloom into lovely children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary also discovers a literal secret garden, hidden behind a locked gate on her uncle’s estate, neglected for the ten years since Colin’s birth and his mother’s death. Together with a local child named Dickon, Mary and Colin transform the garden into a paradise bursting with life and color. Through their newfound mutual love of nature, they nurture each other, until they are brought back to health and happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith Charles Robinson's original illustrations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Muller\u003c\/b\u003e was born in England and educated at Mercy College and Columbia University. She currently teaches at Mercy College and Columbia University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGerard Manley Hopkins and Victorian Catholicism\u003c\/i\u003e, in addition to articles on Joyce, Newman, Hopkins, and the medieval women mystics.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121653563632,"sku":"9781411433120","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411433120_p0.jpg?v=1763722729","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411433120","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}