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Frances Hodgson Burnett

Born

in Cheetham, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, The United Kingdom

November 24, 1849

Died

October 29, 1924

Genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).
Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was 4 years old, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling in New Market, Tennessee. Frances began her writing career there at age 19 to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines. In 1870, her mother died. In Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1873 she married Swan M. Burnett, who became a medical doctor. Their first son Lionel was born a year later. The Bu ...more

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	The Secret Garden 4.17 avg rating — 1,285,023 ratings — published 1911 — 4001 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 323,060 ratings — published 1905 — 3472 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Lord Fauntleroy 3.91 avg rating — 24,766 ratings — published 1885 — 178 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of a Marchioness 3.67 avg rating — 4,798 ratings — published 1901 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sara Crewe, or What Happened at Miss Minchin's 4.12 avg rating — 3,363 ratings — published 1888 — 237 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Garden / A Little Princess 4.40 avg rating — 3,077 ratings — published 1911 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Prince 3.84 avg rating — 3,298 ratings — published 1915	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anne Sebba (Goodreads Author) (Preface) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,422 ratings — published 1906 — 276 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Complete Books: The Secret Garden / A Little Princess / Little Lord Fauntleroy 4.37 avg rating — 822 ratings — published 1978 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lady of Quality 3.37 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 1896 — 1152 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Emily Fox-Seton (1 book)
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A Lady of Quality (2 books)
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The Head of the House of Coombe (2 books)
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The Good Wolf (2 books)
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Gemma Rovira Ortega (translator)

3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings

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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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“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

tags: beauty, children, classic, nature, spring

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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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