Secret Garden

Author: Burnett
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The protagonist of this book, Mary, lives with her parents but has not experienced any parental affection. The devoted native servant makes her capricious and ill-tempered. A cholera outbreak turns her into an orphan overnight, and she is sent to be raised by relatives in England. The vast and empty manor sits on the edge of a desolate prairie, and the people living there are moody—except for the lively maid Martha. She tells Mary about the secret garden that is closed off.