The Secret Garden-Modern Classics 148

Located in one of England's vast heath lands, Misselthweite Manor hosts a story themed on change, salvation and purification, with its hundred rooms with locked doors, eerie crying sounds heard at night and gardens surrounded by walls. Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden takes the traditional image of the orphan child depicted in the Victorian period to another point. Mary Lennox, who is not a nice, shy and cynical character like Oliver Twist, Jane Eyre or Heidi, is spoiled, selfish and sometimes prone to violence. His journey of knowing himself and getting rid of the effects of growing up in a colonial culture begins with the opening of a garden gate, the key of which is buried in the ground. The secret of how Mary's cousin Colin, who had a loveless childhood like her, survived the depression that surrounded him is also hidden behind the same door.

Although The Secret Garden, which has hosted countless children and adults since 1911, is now included in the children's literature canon, it was first serialized in a magazine whose target audience was adults. In addition to the author's criticisms of Britain's colonial policy, child-rearing methods and gender roles of the period, his pro-holistic medicine approach still remains up-to-date.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 280

Size: 12.5 x 20.5

First Printing Year: 2020

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language: Turkish