The Secret Garden (BBC Children’s Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1846071100 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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2 hrs.. When spoilt young orphan Mary Lennox is brought back from India to live in her uncle’s house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds the blunt ways of the staff at Misselthwaite Manor an unpleasant shock. But Misselthwaite has hidden delights and, when Mary begins to discover them, nothing is the same again. First, there is the secret garden – and with it comes a boy who knows all the wonders of the country. He can even talk to the birds! Then, as the old house gives up its biggest secret, Mary forms a magical friendship. Frances Hodgson Burnett's charming story is played out with all the freshness and warmth of the original novel in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatization.2 CDs. Bored and miserable, it seems as though life in England will be awful
"Mary is a tough feisty character, who manages to turn a whole household, and the lives of those in it, completely upside down The book is brim full of magic and joy." --Sunday Telegraph
Frances Hodgson Burnett died in 1924, having written more than 40 books for adults and children.. Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in 1849.In 1865, her mother accepted an invitation for the family to emigrate to the United States to join her brother who owned a grocery store in Knoxville, Tennesse
Not for young children H. Nicholls I bought this for my 7 year old. As it is a story for children, I was hoping it would be 'told' in a more straightforward way than it is. It is very much a Radio 4 play, not an audiobook. Some of the accents used are very thick (it is set in Yorkshire after all) and my children didn't know what was being said half the time so I had to explain what was going on - boring for all of us. For younger children I would recommend looking for a story which is read by someone, rather t. High-quality entertainment This is one of my least favorite of all the BBC Children's Classics radio dramatizations I have listened to. However, that isn't the fault of the BBC, but just that I didn't find the story all that engaging. The Secret Garden has the dubious distinction of being the only book I read in childhood that bored me so much I had to struggle and force myself to finish it. I purchased this audio version anyway because I have enjoyed all the other BBC Children's Classics so much, and