內容簡介
The Secret Garden first appeared in episodes in an American magazine in 1910. It was called Mistress Mary. It was published as a book with the title The Secret Garden in 1911. Today it is one of the most popular children’s books of the twentieth century.
In the story, Mary Lennox’s parents die in India and she arrives at her uncle’s house in England. She is ten years old, thin, cross and spoilt. She finds the secret garden. She starts to work in the garden and Dickon, a local boy, helps her. Then she discovers her cousin Colin. He is ill and can’t walk, but with the help of Mary, Dickon and the secret garden he gets well.
《祕密花園》於1911年出版至今，是最受歡迎的兒童讀本之一。
故事描寫瑪莉的父母雙亡，因此瑪莉搬到英格蘭與叔叔一家同住。瑪莉在叔叔家發現了一處秘密花園，還發現了她的表兄弟Dickon住在花園裡養病並且無法行走，但是有了瑪莉的照顧，Dickon逐漸康復，一家人終於可以幸福生活。
適合程度：CEF A1-A2, Cambridge KET, Headwords:600, 全民英檢初級
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目錄介紹
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About this Book
For the Student
For the Teacher
Level 2: Structures
About the Author
The Secret Garden
Before Reading
The Secret Garden
After Reading
作者介紹
Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in 1849 in Manchester, England. When her father died suddenly, life became difficult for her mother. In 1863 the family moved to Tennessee, USA. Frances was sixteen years old. She began writing stories for ladies’ magazines and soon she was earning enough money for all of the family.
In 1877, Frances published her first novel, and in 1884 she wrote her first children’s novel. It was about an American boy who becomes an English aristocrat. It was called Little Lord Fauntleroy. The book was very successful and created a new fashion for velvet suits with lace collars and long curly hair for boys.
After 1887 Frances spent a lot of time in England. She lived in a large house with a lovely garden called Great Maytham Hall. This house and its gardens inspired her to write The Secret Garden. In 1907 she returned to live in the USA and died on Long Island in 1924.
