They were at the molding stage, and actions by adults, and those around them could improve or destroy their lives.įrances Burnett used the garden to represent different things to Mary, Colin, Dickon, and Archibald. Frances used the word “delicate” to describe children because kids at that time were becoming sensitive to the environment. This was shown using Mary Lennox who was ignorant about the existence of flowers. Frances had subtly insinuated that India was a bad place to raise a child. The historical context of ‘ The Secret Garden‘ showed the importance of the British Colony of the time. Also, she believed the mind was a strong tool humans could use to make or break themselves. She viewed the occult as a part of a “higher plane” of mental development. Burnett had no religion she belonged to, yet she believed in the existence of a supernatural force. She had challenged the hard materialism of science in favor of the existence of a magical component in the universe.
This led to the publication of several new abridged and unabridged versions of the book between the late 1980s and early 1990s.įrances was interested in Christian science and spiritualism. The book entered the public domain after its copyright expired in the USA in 1987. That same year the book was published in London by William Heinemann. That month, the Frederick Stokes Company published the book in a full-length novel format in New York.
Illustrated by Scott Williams, the adult readers of ‘The American Magazine’ were gradually fed the story of ‘The Secret Garden’ in 10 separate issues between November 1910 to August 1911. This speaks to Frances’ attempts to position the book to both age groups. The book is unique for being among the first instances of children’s books appearing in a magazine targeted at adults.
This book was first published in ‘The American magazine’ in serialized form around 1910. Frances had originally wanted to title the book Mistress Mary, in the original manuscript, but eventually, she settled for ‘The Secret Garden’. This was during the naturalist period. Very little is known about the development of the book as opposed to Frances’s other books. ‘The Secret Garden’ was written after Frances returned to England in 1898. Its profound message meant it became the first serialized children’s book to appear in an adult magazine. ‘ The Secret Garden‘ is a result of Frances Burnett’s philosophical outlook on life, which she sought to express through children’s stories.
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