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The Secret Garden

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The Secret Garden

1911 Completed
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
DramaFantasy

Orphaned and spoiled, Mary Lennox is sent to her uncle's bleak Yorkshire estate. She discovers a hidden, locked garden and, with new friends, brings it — and herself — back to life.

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Estimated total: 5 hr 59 min Time left: 5 hr 59 min
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Chapters 27
Words 80,588
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Orphaned and spoiled, Mary Lennox is sent to her uncle's bleak Yorkshire estate. She discovers a hidden, locked garden and, with new friends, brings it — and herself — back to life.

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27 Chapters
80,588 Words
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Jan 1 Updated

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1 CHAPTER I — THERE IS NO ONE LEFT January 1, 1911 9 min read Unread 0 ›
2 CHAPTER II — MISTRESS MARY QUITE CONTRARY January 1, 1911 12 min read Unread 0 ›
3 CHAPTER III — ACROSS THE MOOR January 1, 1911 7 min read Unread 0 ›
4 CHAPTER IV — MARTHA January 1, 1911 24 min read Unread 0 ›
5 CHAPTER V — THE CRY IN THE CORRIDOR January 1, 1911 10 min read Unread 0 ›
6 CHAPTER VI — “THERE WAS SOME ONE CRYING–THERE WAS!” January 1, 1911 11 min read Unread 0 ›
7 CHAPTER VII — THE KEY OF THE GARDEN January 1, 1911 9 min read Unread 0 ›
8 CHAPTER VIII — THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY January 1, 1911 13 min read Unread 0 ›
9 CHAPTER IX — THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANY ONE EVER LIVED IN January 1, 1911 14 min read Unread 0 ›
10 CHAPTER X — DICKON January 1, 1911 17 min read Unread 0 ›
11 CHAPTER XI — THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH January 1, 1911 11 min read Unread 0 ›
12 CHAPTER XII — “MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?” January 1, 1911 12 min read Unread 0 ›
13 CHAPTER XIII — “I AM COLIN” January 1, 1911 19 min read Unread 0 ›
14 CHAPTER XIV — A YOUNG RAJAH January 1, 1911 17 min read Unread 0 ›
15 CHAPTER XV — NEST BUILDING January 1, 1911 18 min read Unread 0 ›
16 CHAPTER XVI — “I WON’T!” SAID MARY January 1, 1911 11 min read Unread 0 ›
17 CHAPTER XVII — A TANTRUM January 1, 1911 11 min read Unread 0 ›
18 CHAPTER XVIII — “THA’ MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME” January 1, 1911 10 min read Unread 0 ›
19 CHAPTER XIX — “IT HAS COME!” January 1, 1911 16 min read Unread 0 ›
20 CHAPTER XX — “I SHALL LIVE FOREVER–AND EVER–AND EVER!” January 1, 1911 12 min read Unread 0 ›
21 CHAPTER XXI — BEN WEATHERSTAFF January 1, 1911 15 min read Unread 0 ›
22 CHAPTER XXII — WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN January 1, 1911 8 min read Unread 0 ›
23 CHAPTER XXIII — MAGIC January 1, 1911 18 min read Unread 0 ›
24 CHAPTER XXIV — “LET THEM LAUGH” January 1, 1911 18 min read Unread 0 ›
25 CHAPTER XXV — THE CURTAIN January 1, 1911 11 min read Unread 0 ›
26 CHAPTER XXVI — “IT’S MOTHER!” January 1, 1911 14 min read Unread 0 ›
27 CHAPTER XXVII — IN THE GARDEN January 1, 1911 24 min read Unread 0 ›

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