The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1911

Ten-year-old Mary Lennox, spoiled, sickly and unloved, is sent from India to live with an uncle she has never met in a vast, gloomy house on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. Nobody there seems to want her, but she hears of a garden that has been locked for ten years, and a robin seems to know something about it. As Mary explores, the house, the moor and the people around her begin to change her.

Healing and growth through natureFriendship that changes selfish, lonely childrenGrief and recovering from itThe power of hope and belief

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Public domain: the author died in 1924 and the work was published in 1911, so its copyright has ended in Korea, the US and the EU. Everything written here is our own; no translation is copied.

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Mary Lennox 메리 레녹스 A sour, lonely ten-year-old who has never been loved, sent to a gloomy house on the Yorkshire moor. Main character Appears in part 1
Dickon Sowerby 디콘 소어비 Main character First appears in part 2. Read up to part 1 to meet them without spoilers.
Colin Craven 콜린 크레이븐 Main character First appears in part 3. Read up to part 2 to meet them without spoilers.
Martha Sowerby 마사 소어비 A cheerful Yorkshire housemaid from a big moorland family, with no patience for being bossed about. Appears in part 1
Mrs Medlock 메들록 부인 The stout, strict housekeeper of Misselthwaite, who prefers children out of sight. Appears in part 1
Ben Weatherstaff 벤 웨더스태프 A gruff old gardener with a soft spot for a robin. Appears in part 1
The Robin 울새 A bold little robin who lives over the high wall and seems to know a secret. Appears in part 1
Archibald Craven 아치볼드 크레이븐 First appears in part 2. Read up to part 1 to meet them without spoilers.
Dr Craven 크레이븐 의사 First appears in part 3. Read up to part 2 to meet them without spoilers.
Susan Sowerby 수전 소어비 First appears in part 5. Read up to part 4 to meet them without spoilers.