Frances Hodgson Burnett

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born

November 24, 1849 in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, The United Kingdom

died

October 29, 1924

gender

female

genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Frances Eliza Hodgson was the daughter of ironmonger Edwin Hodgson, who died three years after her birth, and his wife Eliza Boond. She was educated at The Select Seminary for Young Ladies and Gentleman until the age of fifteen, at which point the family ironmongery, then being run by her mother, failed, and the family emigrated to Knoxville, Tennessee. Here Hodgson began to write, in order to supplement the family income, assuming full responsibility for the family upon the death of her mother, in 1870. In 1872 she married Dr. Swan Burnett, with whom she had two sons, Lionel and Vivian. The marriage was dissolved in 1898, and Burnett was briefly remarried, to actor Stephen Townsend. That marriage too, ended in divorce. Following her great...more

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Books by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Average rating: 4.10 · 248,616 ratings · 7,781 reviews · 114 distinct works

	The Secret Garden 4.08 avg rating — 182,812 ratings — published 1911 — 591 editions	My rating:
	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Nancy Bond (Foreword) 4.17 avg rating — 58,806 ratings — published 1888 — 273 editions	My rating:
	Little Lord Fauntleroy 3.65 avg rating — 3,934 ratings — published 1877 — 165 editions	My rating:
	Sara Crewe, Or What Happened At Miss Minchin's 4.09 avg rating — 554 ratings — 50 editions	My rating:
	The Lost Prince 3.76 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 1915 — 57 editions	My rating:
	Secret Garden, Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy: Three Complete Novels 4.33 avg rating — 253 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett, C.D. Williams (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1901 — 55 editions	My rating:
	Charming Classics Box Set #1: A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables by Frances Hodgson Burnett, L.M. Montgomery 4.42 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	The Secret Garden & A Little Princess 4.34 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Shuttle 4.04 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1906 — 42 editions	My rating:

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Series by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Lady of Quality (2 books)
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The Head of the House of Coombe (2 books)
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Quotes by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett

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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

tags: a-little-princess , frances-hodgson-burnett , inspirational , princess

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“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

tags: perspective , positive-attitude

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