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The Secret Garden

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett


Genre: Novel
Point of view: Omniscient narrator. The narrator "knows all,"
and is highly subjective that is, she frequently offers
opinions of the characters and their motivations, and is often
aware of things about them that they do not know
themselves. She offers extensive philosophical commentary
on the novel's action. She has access to all of the characters
thoughts, and often switches back and forth among them.
Tone: Romantic
Main characters
-Mary Lenox: Is the principal character in this history, is from
India and traveled to her uncles house in England because
her parents died. All her life was rejected by her parents.
-Mr and Ms Lenox: The Marys Parents.
-Ms Medlock. The housekeeper
-Martha Sowerby : Maidservant of mary.
-Ben Weatherstaff: A gardener who is only permitted to stay at
Misselthwaite
-Archibald Craven: The master of Misselthwaite Manor and
father of Colin
Lillias Craven: Archibald's late wife and mother of Colin
-Dickon: Is a Marthas brother, he can understand animals
-Colin Craven: The son of Mr and Ms Craven, is invalid since he
born and rejected by his father
-Susan Sowerby: Dickons mother
-The robin: Is a bird, is the best friend of Ben and Mary

Summary:
A cholera epidemy hits the India and kill Marys parents and
shes orphan. Is sent to the United Kingdom to live with her
uncle Mr Craven in a big house in Yorkshire and the strict maid
Ms. Medlock take care of she. The house is described like an
uninhabitable place to live and Mary go outside to the garden
to scape of the house. Mary Find a locked door in the garden
and find the key, she enter and watch a beautiful place hidden
in the garden and with the help of Dickon and her cousin Colin
give life to the garden, Mary have animals friends, a special
friend is the robin and the fox

Conclusion:
This is a great book who all the people can read, I found this is
a book for kids but have a very good history and I enjoyed and
easy to read and understand, this book can be found in
different languages, I found it on internet and everybody can
read it! I recommend it.

Glossary
-Stirred: Remover, agitar
-Tuppence: is a variant of twopence dos peniques
-Delighted: encantado
-Wages: salario
-Awkward: torpe
-Alcoves: nichos
-Crocuses azafranes
-Thrush: zorral
-Exultantly exultante
-Clemming: ayunando
-Blossoms: flores
-Enraptured: enblesado
-Trifle testily: trifle con irritacin
-Drowsily: somnolienta

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