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| Title | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| A Little Princess | 3 | |
| The Secret Garden | 2 |
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The Little Princess was one of my very favorite books as a girl.
editor January 28th, 2006 08:22 PM PST
The Little Princess was a formative book for me, as I imagine (or do I mean fear?) it has been for many girls. It is an enchanting story of an outsider who suffers but ultimately triumphs--but also a lesson in stoicism and proud passivity that perhaps did not always stand me in good stead. I certainly loved it, though, and I think it is the place to start reading Burnett. The Secret Garden is also very wonderful.
jaldous January 31st, 2006 04:41 PM PST
I love the Little Princess, but Secret Garden is just as magical!
Marian November 7th, 2006 09:03 PM PST
I too loved "The Secret Garden" and I still find it a moving story about the healing power of nature.
I enjoyed reading "A Little Princess" too, but looking back it makes me squirm. The "princess" is an impossibly saintly thing, who is ultimately rewarded by attaining her proper place in the class system. (Her fellow-sufferer is rewarded by becoming her servant.) I wouldn't recommend it for future women.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester, England, on November 24, 1849 as Francis Eliza Hodgson. After her father's death, the family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1865. Miss Hodgson began writing for magazines soon after. Her first short stories "Hearts and Diamonds" and "Miss Caruther's Engagement" were published in Godey's Lady's Book in 1868. Her first widely known work was a dialect story "Surly Tim's Trouble" which appeared in Scribner's Magazine in 1872.
Her reputation as a novelist was made with her story of Lancashire life, That Lass o' Lowrie's. A number of other works followed, with Through One Administration (1883) and A Lady of Quality among the most notable.
In 1886 she published Little Lord Fauntleroy, Her children's books, including The Secret Garden(1888> and Sara Crew (later rewritten to become: A Little Princess)(1909) are what she is best known for today, but her romance novels were very popular during her lifetime.
Frances married Dr. L. M. Burnett of Washington D.C. in 1873. In 1898 she divorced Dr. Burnett and married Mr. Stephen Townsend in 1900. This second marriage also came to an end in 1902. Frances became a US citizen in 1905. She died on October 29, 1924.
vitawallace January 27th, 2006 10:45 PM PST