false 2998 0517189607 9780517189603 30955 1576 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161888341m/2998.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2998.The_Secret_Garden 2041 Frances Hodgson Burnett 54648 3276 3 2 false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 13:30:49 -0800 2008 Mon May 12 17:08:13 -0700 2008
The bits that get old after a while: Oh, look, it's a garden! Look, I can run and play! I'm not a cripple after all! Look at the pretty birds! The garden is alive! Now I have an appetite! Isn't it a magical miracle that I'm having fun playing outside?

I just wasn't really impressed. If you're going to write a novel in a gothic setting, you at least need a small ghost or a mysterious disappearance or something.
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