The Secret Garden（ 神秘花园）

Since its publication in 1911, The Secret GaMen has delighted generations of readers with its timeless appeal. It has been translated into dozens of languages and has been reworked into plays and films. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatoU annotations.
　　Frances Hodgson Burnett published more than fifty novels (most for adults, but also Little LorJ Faetlero)') and thirteen plays. She was the highest-paid and most famous woman writer of her time; from the age of eighteen, she never experienced rejection of her work by a publisher. Born and raised in England and transplanted to the United States as a teenager during the waning days of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries today both countries claim her as their own.
　　"Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" inform readers about various aspects of Burnett's life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. Four illustrations suggest her prominence in American culture.
　　"Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews of The Sec~vt GaMen, both British and American, as well as nine recent critical interpretations. Scholarly contributors include Anne Lundin, Phyllis Bixler, Gillian Adams, Christine Wilkie, Shirley Foster and Judy Simons, JerU Phillips, Margaret Mackey and Sally Sims Stokes.
　　A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

十七岁	萌芽（译文名著文库）	餐桌上的普罗旺斯	彩图版世界通史	伊索寓言全集(中英文对照)
多里安·格雷的画像(牛津英汉对照读物..	普罗旺斯系列（全三册）	普罗旺斯·山居岁月(彼得·梅尔力作)	呼啸山庄	花间一壶酒（李零/著 签名珍藏本）

Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is Professor of English at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Unexpected Life of the Author of The Secret Garden, Carrington: A Life, and Black London: Life Before Emancipation. She is the editor of Black Victorians/Black Victoriana and is currently editing The Annotated Secret Garden.

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.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
The Text of The Secret Garden
　Facsimile of the opening page of The Secret Garden
　The Secret Garden
　ILLUSTRATIONS
Backgrounds and Contexts
　Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina·[The End of an Era]
　Gretchen V. Rector·Digging in the Garden: The Manuscript of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
　Frances Hodgson Burnett·My Robin
　Frances Hodgson Burnett·In the Garden
　LETFERS
　Frances Hodgson Burnett·From A Far, Fair Country BURNE'IT IN THE PRESS
　Anonymous·The1ounger (no date)
　Frances Hodgson Burnett·Mrs. Burnett Protests (1889)
　Anonymous·Mrs. Burnett's Timely Protest (1889)
　Charlotte Harwood·Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett at Home: A Visit to Maytham Hall, Rolvenden, Kent (1902)
　Pendennis·Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett Finds a New Field for Her Pen (1906)
　Anonymous·Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Authoress of "Little1ord Fauntleroy"--Has Something to Say about Children and Children's Books (1907)
　Anonymous·[Untitled] (1907)
　Lonis V. De Foe·A New Thought Mixed with Fantasy Is Served in Guise of Melodrama (1909)
　Frances Hodgson Burnett·Mrs. Burnett Not a Christian Scientist (1909)
　　Magda Frances West·'There Is No Devil,' Asserts Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett ( 1910)
　　Anonymous·Social Sets of Other Cities (1910)
　　Anonymous·Mrs. Burnett and the Occult (1913)
　　Frances Hodgson Burnett·The Magic in Children's Books (1920)
Criticism
　REVIEWS AND MENTIONS OF THE SECRET GARDEN
　　Anonymous·From New York1iterary Notes (1911)
　　Anonymous·WhatWas Hid In a Garden (1911)
　　Anonymous·The New Books (1911)
　　Anonymous·From A Guide to New Books (1911)
　　Anonymous·From The Way of1etters (1911)
　　R. A. Whay·Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden" ( 1911 )
　　Anonymous·The Secret Garden. By Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
　　Anonymous·From Reviews of New Books. Fifty of the Season's Best Books for Children (1911)
　　Anonymous·One Hundred Christmas Books (1911)
　　Anonymous·From Tile Nation (1911)
　　Anonymous·From American Monthly Magazine (1911)
　　Anonymous·From The Bookman, Christmas 1911
　　Anonymous·From Among the Authors (1912)
　　Ananymous·From The Way of1etters (1912)
　　Anonymous·From Among the Authors (1913)
　MODERN CRITICAL VIEWS OF THE SECRET GARDEN
　　Anne1undin·The Critical and Commercial Reception of The Secret Garden, 19l 1-2004
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Frances Hodson Burnelt:A Chronology
Selected Bibliography