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The Secret Garden

Part of Pushkin Children's Classics

Author Frances Hodgson Burnett
Paperback
$16.95 US
Steerforth Press | Pushkin Children's Books
5-1/16"W x 7-13/16"H | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Feb 10, 2026 | 320 Pages | 9781782695479
Age 9-12 years | Grades 4-7
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The classic tale of Mary Lennox, and her journey from loneliness to belonging, all through the magic of a neglected garden brought back to life


Gorgeous cover and package design presents a perfect collectable classics library for young readers

Mary Lennox likes nobody, and nobody likes her. Growing up in colonial India she is physically cossetted by servants, but emotionally neglected by all. When her parents die and she’s shipped back to England to live with her new guardian, a reclusive uncle, it seems at first her loneliness will only deepen. Spoiled and unfriendly, she keeps everyone at a distance. And anyway who would she be friends with? Her uncle is almost never to be seen, and with Mary seemingly the only child in a huge northern manor house, it appears that nothing will change.

That is, until Martha the maid sends her out into the grounds, and she finds a locked garden gate. As winter turns to spring, Mary finds her way into the secret garden; she meets Dickon, Martha’s brother, and her own cousin Colin, a sickly, bedbound boy who has never walked. Together they will bring the garden back to life, along with Mary’s heart. And as flowers bloom and the sun and fresh air strengthen Colin’s limbs, the magic of the secret garden, the magic that Mary unlocked, brings newfound happiness to everyone in the house.

A classic of children’s literature, beloved for over a century, this is one of the great stories of the human need for love, and the solace to be found in nature.
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester and moved to America in her teens, when her family fell on hard times. She began writing around the same time, publishing stories in magazines and helping to keep the household afloat with the money she earned. As well as her beloved novels for children, The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy, she wrote stage plays and novels for adults. Twice married and twice divorced, she had two sons and lived in Paris and Washington, DC, before settling in upstate New York, where she died.
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I There Is No One Left 7
II Mistress Mary Quite Contrary 14
III Across the Moor 24
IV Martha 30
V The Cry in the Corridor 50
VI ‘There Was Someone Crying – There Was!’ 58
VII The Key of the Garden 67
VIII The Robin Who Showed the Way 75
IX The Strangest House Anyone Ever Lived In 85
X Dickon 97
XI The Nest of the Missel Thrush 111
XII ‘Might I Have a Bit of Earth?’ 121
XIII ‘I Am Colin’ 132
XIV A Young Rajah 148
XV Nest Building 162
XVI ‘I Won’t! Said Mary 176
XVII A Tantrum 185
XVIII ‘Tha’ Munnot Waste No Time’ 194
XIX ‘It Has Come!’ 203
XX ‘I Shall Live For Ever – and Ever – and Ever!’ 216
XXI Ben Weatherstaff 226
XXII When the Sun Went Down 239
XXIII Magic 246

XXIV ‘Let Them Laugh’ 261
XXV The Curtain 276
XXVI ‘It’s Mother!’ 285
XXVII In the Garden 297

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The classic tale of Mary Lennox, and her journey from loneliness to belonging, all through the magic of a neglected garden brought back to life


Gorgeous cover and package design presents a perfect collectable classics library for young readers

Mary Lennox likes nobody, and nobody likes her. Growing up in colonial India she is physically cossetted by servants, but emotionally neglected by all. When her parents die and she’s shipped back to England to live with her new guardian, a reclusive uncle, it seems at first her loneliness will only deepen. Spoiled and unfriendly, she keeps everyone at a distance. And anyway who would she be friends with? Her uncle is almost never to be seen, and with Mary seemingly the only child in a huge northern manor house, it appears that nothing will change.

That is, until Martha the maid sends her out into the grounds, and she finds a locked garden gate. As winter turns to spring, Mary finds her way into the secret garden; she meets Dickon, Martha’s brother, and her own cousin Colin, a sickly, bedbound boy who has never walked. Together they will bring the garden back to life, along with Mary’s heart. And as flowers bloom and the sun and fresh air strengthen Colin’s limbs, the magic of the secret garden, the magic that Mary unlocked, brings newfound happiness to everyone in the house.

A classic of children’s literature, beloved for over a century, this is one of the great stories of the human need for love, and the solace to be found in nature.

Author

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester and moved to America in her teens, when her family fell on hard times. She began writing around the same time, publishing stories in magazines and helping to keep the household afloat with the money she earned. As well as her beloved novels for children, The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy, she wrote stage plays and novels for adults. Twice married and twice divorced, she had two sons and lived in Paris and Washington, DC, before settling in upstate New York, where she died.
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Table of Contents

I There Is No One Left 7
II Mistress Mary Quite Contrary 14
III Across the Moor 24
IV Martha 30
V The Cry in the Corridor 50
VI ‘There Was Someone Crying – There Was!’ 58
VII The Key of the Garden 67
VIII The Robin Who Showed the Way 75
IX The Strangest House Anyone Ever Lived In 85
X Dickon 97
XI The Nest of the Missel Thrush 111
XII ‘Might I Have a Bit of Earth?’ 121
XIII ‘I Am Colin’ 132
XIV A Young Rajah 148
XV Nest Building 162
XVI ‘I Won’t! Said Mary 176
XVII A Tantrum 185
XVIII ‘Tha’ Munnot Waste No Time’ 194
XIX ‘It Has Come!’ 203
XX ‘I Shall Live For Ever – and Ever – and Ever!’ 216
XXI Ben Weatherstaff 226
XXII When the Sun Went Down 239
XXIII Magic 246

XXIV ‘Let Them Laugh’ 261
XXV The Curtain 276
XXVI ‘It’s Mother!’ 285
XXVII In the Garden 297

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