The Best Of Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Frances Hodgson Burnett ‘Best of’ collection contains: Little Princess and The Secret Garden. Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. A Little Princess is a Cinderella-type tale of Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies, who is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this resourceful girl sets about reversing her fortunes is the great appeal of this book. The Secret Garden concerns Mary Lennox, a sickly, selfish and spoilt ten year old who is sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She remains troublesome and discontented with her lot until she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it. This brings a remarkable change to her life and character.