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Unearthing The secret garden : the plants and places that inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Unearthing The secret garden : the plants and places that inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett / Marta McDowell.
ISBN
9781604699906
1604699906
Publication
Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Summary
McDowell delves into the professional and gardening life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, the writer who dominated the literary world of her time. A lover of flowers and gardens, Burnett's path to literary triumph was a long one. McDowell reminds us why Burnett's 1911 novel, The secret garden, continues to touch readers after more than a century.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 26, 2022
Bibliography
Includes index.
Contents
Preface
Before The secret garden. The locked door: England & America (1849-1897) ; Finding the key: Maytham Hall, Kent (1898-1908)
Inside The secret garden. A gardener's guide to The secret garden: Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire
After The secret garden. Nest building: Plandome Park, New York (1909-1920 ; A new bit of earth: Clifton Heights, Bermuda (1912-1920) ; When the sun went down: Clifton Heights & Plandome Park (1921-1924)
Outside The secret garden. Further garden writings of Frances Hodgson Burnett ; Frances's plants: an annotated list
Afterword: Sowing seeds / by Keri Wilt.
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