This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. "The Secret Garden" is a classic novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and is regarded as one of the best children’s books of the 20th century.
Mary Lennox, a ten year-old girl, is sent to Yorkshire to live with an uncle whom she has never met after both her mother and father die. She lives ni his isolated house, Misselthwaite Manor.
Initially, Mary is seen as a rude, aggressive and selfish child. She dislikes her new home and the people living in it. But when exploring the grounds, Mary finds the key to the locked garden which is neglected and overrun with weeds. She sets about to bringing it back to life. In doing so, Mary finds a purpose and an excitement in her lonely existence.
However, apart from the garden, there are other secrets to be revealed at Misselthwaite Manor such as the strange cries in the night and the identity of Colin, a disabled boy, whom she discovers in the hidden bedroom, from which she helps to liberate him.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, f. Frances Eliza Hodgson, född 24 november 1849 i Manchester, England, Storbritannien, död 29 oktober 1924 i Plandome, New York, USA, var en brittisk-amerikansk författare, framförallt av litteratur för barn.
Hennes mest kända böcker är Lille Lorden (Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1886), Den lilla prinsessan (1905) och Den hemliga trädgården (1909).
Efter faderns död emigrerade hon 1864 till USA där hon slog sig ned i Knoxville, Tennessee. Hon gifte sig 1873 med en doktor, Swan Moses Burnett, med vilken hon fick två söner. Hon skilde sig dock från maken 1898. Först 1905 blev hon amerikansk medborgare.
