OPEN A BOOK,OPEN THE WORLD
作者：Burnett, Frances Hodgson/ Gerzina, Gretchen Holbrook (ED)
出版社：Norton
年份：2006
ISBN：9780393926354
書號：30167506
裝訂：平裝
定價：$656
優惠價：$623元
經典英美文學《祕密花園》
當遠在印度與貴族雙親同住、被徹底寵壞的瑪莉‧勒諾克斯，因為一場流行疾病導致父母去世，她就這樣被遺留在一棟大洋房裡，最終消息傳到遠在英國約克的姨丈克雷文先生耳裡，瑪莉才被接回英國。經過漫長的舟車勞頓，當她終於踏上約克的荒原，眼前的密索威莊園像一棟鬼屋般，莊園裡有100個上鎖的房間，狹長的走廊上有一堆盯著她看的畫像，主人克雷文先生總是不在家，老管家梅拉克不怎麼把瑪莉放在眼裡，畢竟，她真的不是個討喜的孩子。
瑪莉長得不可愛，總是擺一張臭臉，個性高傲倔將，在印度時被傭人照料的舒舒服服，故她從來不需要瞭解別人的想法，於是她第一天就對照顧自己的女僕瑪莎大發脾氣，因為瑪莎要她自己穿衣服，但瑪莎隨和開朗的個性逐漸讓她平復下來，在嚎啕大哭一場後，瑪莉終於明白自己真的是孤單一人，過去驕縱無知的日子已經結束，但全新的生活還有許多等著她探索。
瑪莉慢慢學會自己穿上罩衫，綁鞋帶，荒原上冰涼的風讓她疲弱沉悶的腦袋開始思考，一天，她意外地因為一隻活潑熱情的知更鳥認識園丁班還有瑪莎的弟弟迪肯，以及荒原上那片充滿各種生機的花園，但她最好奇的，是傳說已經有10年沒有人踏入的花園，一座秘密花園，通往花園的鑰匙被克雷文先生藏起來，好讓他遺忘自己摯愛卻早逝的妻子...
Frances Hodgson Burnett was the highest paid and most widely read woman writer of her time, publishing more than fifty novels and thirteen plays.
Born in England and transplanted to New York toward the end of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries, and today both countries claim her as their own. The Secret Garden, her best-known work, became an instant modern classic and world-wide bestseller upon its publication in 1911. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatory annotations.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" illuminate important aspects of Burnett’s life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. Four illustrations point to Burnett’s prominence in popular culture.
"Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews and nine recent critical views of The Secret Garden, including Jerry Phillips’s sociopolitical interpretation and Phyllis Bixler’s comparative analysis of the Broadway musical adaptation of the novel.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
