The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden
Front cover of the US edition
AuthorFrances Hodgson Burnett
IllustratorM. L. Kirk (US)
Charles Robinson (UK)[1]
GenreChildren's novel
PublisherFrederick A. Stokes (US)
William Heinemann (UK)[2]
Publication date
1911 (UK[2] & US[1])
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages375 (UK[2] & US[3])
LC ClassPZ7.B934 Se 1911[3]
TextThe Secret Garden at Wikisource

The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in The American Magazine (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English children's literature. The American edition was published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company with illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk (signed as M. L. Kirk) and the British edition by Heinemann with illustrations by Charles Heath Robinson.[1][4]

Several stage and film adaptations have been made of The Secret Garden.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference isfdb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b The Secret Garden (first edition). Library of Congress Online Catalog. LCCN Permalink (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 24 March 2017. The catalog record reports 4 leaves of plates, 4 color illustrations (uncredited).
  4. ^ WorldCat library records:
    OCLC 1289609, OCLC 317817635 (US); OCLC 8746090 (UK).
    Retrieved 24 March 2017.

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