The Secret Garden

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First published in 1909, The Secret Garden is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of children's literature. It tells the story of Mary Lennox, a sickly, orphan girl, who is sent to isolated Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire, England. There she befriends a boy named Dickon with whom she investigates a secret garden on the Manor grounds.