Frances Hodgson Burnett

Tras perder a sus padres en la India a causa de una epidemia, Mary Lennox, una niña de nueve años insoportable y malcriada, viaja a Inglaterra para ir a vivir con su tío, Archibald Craven, que no parece dispuesto a mostrar ningun tipo de interes por ella. Por si fuera poco, el nuevo hogar de Mary es una mansion perdida en medio de la nada, con mas de cien habitaciones, la mayoria de ellas cerradas bajo llave.Solo Martha, la joven criada de la casa, parece dispuesta a perder el tiempo con Mary, contandole cosas sobre la casa, los campos que la rodean y un misterioso jardin cerrado desde hace años; tantos que ya nadie recuerda exactamente donde esta.

Emily Fox-Seton ?que tiene treinta y cuatro años, está sola en el mundo y vive en una pensión de mala muerte? se gana la vida haciendo pequeños recados para damas de la alta sociedad londinense. Pero como es enormemente practica y tiene muy buen corazon, poco a poco se va convirtiendo en imprescindible. Por eso, una de estas damas le pide que la acompañe a su mansion en el campo, donde debe tener lugar una gran fiesta con la flor y nata de la sociedad inglesa. Alli coincidira con el marques de Walderhurst, uno de los solteros mas codiciados del pais, al que todas las jovenes de la fiesta intentaran deslumbrar. Pero el marques no tiene especial interes en casarse. O, por lo menos, eso es lo que creia hasta ahora. Frances Hodgson Burnett atrapa al lector desde la primera pagina de esta intrigante novela, con un ritmo in crescendo que se vuelve especialmente inquietante cuando, en la segunda mitad del libro, aparecen unos parientes del marques que pretendian heredar su fortuna.

Mary Lennox was horrid selfish and spoilt and was sent to stay with her uncle in Yorkshire She hated it But when she finds the entrance to a secret garden a change overcomes her With a local boy and her cousin the three children work magic in themselves and those around them

After the death of her parents, Mary is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child to live in her uncle's great lonely house on the moors. Then one day she discovers the key to a secret garden and, like magic, her life begins to brighten in so many ways.

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Frnaces Hodgson Burnett. A Little Princess is a 1905 childrens novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is an expanded version of Burnetts 1888 short story entitled Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchins, which was first serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine from 1887 to 1888.

La colección Bolsillo Everest ofrece una atractiva serie de títulos de gran éxito. Con esta colección pretendemos acercarnos al lector con obras tan conocidas de la literatura universal como David Copperfield, Dracula, Jane Eyre? Es la oportunidad de tener grandes obras en pequeño tamaño.Corrio por el camino hacia la puerta verde por la que habia entrado aquella primera mañana. Luego paso por la vereda atravesando la otra puerta y el huerto, y cuando se detuvo a mirar hacia arriba, alli estaba el arbol, al otro lado del muro, y alli estaba el petirrojo, terminando su cancion...

A heartwarming tale of a girl?s constant affection and goodness through wealth and destitution.

Published in 1886, the story begins with young long-curly-haired Cedric Errol living in New York with his widowed mother. After inheriting a title and estate, he moves to England, charming all he meets, doing good deeds for those in high and low positions, and encountering plenty of adventures (including a rival claim to his estate) along the way.

A sensitive portrayal of the world seen through children?s eyes, the secret garden is one of the great classics of story-telling, hugely popular with children and adults alike.

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