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1、the summary of The Secret GardenThe Summary of the Secret Garden The Secret Garden is a best-selling novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett who was one of the most famous English authors on child literature.While it was initially written for children,The Secret Gardenwas soon being read by an audi
2、ence of all ages in North America and Europe striking an innocent and pure note in the readers heart. The opening chapter in the The Secret Garden finds Mary Lennox an ugly and disagreeable girl.Her father holds a position in India under the English Government and is busy and her mother is a great b
3、eauty who cares only to go to parties.After her parents die in an outbreak of cholera,this lonely girl is sent to live with her uncle,Archibald Craven, at Misselthwaite Manor,on the edge of the Yorkshire moor in England.There,out of curiosity and with the help of the robin,a magical bird,Mary discov
4、ers a secret garden which has been shut up for ten years.Ten years ago,Cravens wife,Lilias,died from a severe fall from the tree right in this garden.From then on,this garden is locked up.Under the care of Mary and Dickon,a Yorkshire boy who lives on the moor,the dead garden is turned into a flouris
5、hing garden full of vigor and vitality.The process of caring the garden also recuperates Marys health.In addition,the discovery of the garden parallels Marys discovery of her cousin,Colin,who is very weak and always stay in bed.In the garden, Colin strives to restore his health and gain happiness.At the end of the book,Mr.Craven returns to the garden and eventually Mr.Craven, Mary and Colin are reunited happily in the beautiful garden.
