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Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden
History of Collins
Life & Times. About the Author
The Secret Garden
The Edwardian Era
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 There is No One Left
CHAPTER 2 Mistress Mary Quite Contrary
CHAPTER 3 Across the Moor
CHAPTER 4 Martha
CHAPTER 5 The Cry in the Corridor
CHAPTER 6 ‘There was someone crying – there was!’
CHAPTER 7 The Key of the Garden
CHAPTER 8 The Robin Who Showed the Way
CHAPTER 9 The Strangest House Anyone Ever Lived In
CHAPTER 10 Dickon
CHAPTER 11 The Nest of the Missel Thrush
CHAPTER 12 ‘Might I have a bit of earth?’
CHAPTER 13 ‘I am Colin’
CHAPTER 14 A Young Rajah
CHAPTER 15 Nest Building
CHAPTER 16 ‘I won’t!’ said Mary
CHAPTER 17 A Tantrum
CHAPTER 18 ‘Tha’ munnot waste no time’
CHAPTER 19 ‘It has come!’
CHAPTER 20 ‘I shall live for ever – and ever – and ever!’
CHAPTER 21 Ben Weatherstaff
CHAPTER 22 When the Sun Went Down
CHAPTER 23 Magic
CHAPTER 24 ‘Let them laugh’
CHAPTER 25 The Curtain
CHAPTER 26 ‘It’s Mother!’
CHAPTER 27 In the Garden
CLASSIC LITERATURE: WORDS AND PHRASES
Copyright
About the Publisher
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In 1819, Millworker William Collins from Glasgow, Scotland, set up a company for printing and publishing pamphlets, sermons, hymn books and prayer books. That company was Collins and was to mark the birth of HarperCollins Publishers as we know it today. The long tradition of Collins dictionary publishing can be traced back to the first dictionary William published in 1824, Greek and English Lexicon. Indeed, from 1840 onwards, he began to produce illustrated dictionaries and even obtained a licence to print and publish the Bible.
Soon after, William published the first Collins novel, Ready Reckoner, however it was the time of the Long Depression, where harvests were poor, prices were high, potato crops had failed and violence was erupting in Europe. As a result, many factories across the country were forced to close down and William chose to retire in 1846, partly due to the hardships he was facing.
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‘Why?’ asked Mary in spite of herself. Here was another locked door that added to the hundred in the strange house.
‘Mr Craven had it shut when his wife died so sudden. He won’t let no one go inside. It was her garden. He locked th’ door an’ dug a hole and buried th’ key. There’s Mrs Medlock’s bell ringing – I must run.’
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