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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.
Frances Hodgson Burnett has 1485 books on Goodreads with 2900859 ratings. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s most popular book is The Secret Garden.
This site is dedicated to preserving the complete collection of writings by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Although her beloved children's books such as The Secret Garden and A Little Princess are widely available, her lesser-known adult fiction has been nearly impossible to access.
Oct 20, 2021 · Best known today for her children’s novels A Little Princess (1905) and The Secret Garden (1911), Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 56 years of professional writing include numerous short stories, 52 books, and 13 plays. Always resistant to defining her national identity, Burnett divided her time between the United States, England, Europe, and Jamaica.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849–1924)English-American author of novels and stories for children and adults, including The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and The Little Princess.
Jan 5, 2018 · Frances Hodgson Burnett (November 24, 1849 – October 29, 1924) was born in Cheetham, England. She emigrated to the U.S. with her mother and siblings when she was in her teens, and started publishing stories in magazines to help support her family.
In the Garden: The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett By Gretchen H. Gerzina Few people realize that The Secret Garden, the book most readers associate with Frances Hodgson Burnett, was only one of 53 novels she wrote and published, and that most of her books were for adults, not children.
Hugely successful in her own time for adult novels and plays, Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) would be astounded to find out she is remembered for a handful of books for children, but most of...
Aug 6, 2020 · Frances Hodgson Burnett’s favourite theme in her fiction was the reversal of fortune, and she herself knew extremes of poverty and wealth. Born in Manchester in 1849, she emigrated...
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT (1848-1924) Francis J. Molson Central Michigan University I. History of Criticism In early 1883 Frances Hodgson Burnett climaxed a seven-year period of inten sive writing that had already produced four novels, dramatizations of two of these, and a collection of short stories by publishing still another novel, THROUGH ONE ...
