Frances Hodgson Burnett
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born
November 24, 1849
died
October 29, 1924
gender
female
place of birth
Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England, The United Kingdom
genre
Children's Books
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Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English–American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
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"Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it."
— Frances Hodgson Burnett (A Little Princess)
— Frances Hodgson Burnett (A Little Princess)
" If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.
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— Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden)
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— Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden)
"Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, a thistle cannot grow."
— Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden)
— Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden)
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