During her own lifetime Frances Hodgson Burnett was best known for Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), the story of a disinherited American boy who charms his irascible English grandfather and wins back his rightful title and fortune. The book's immediate int...
Frances Hodgson Burnett is chiefly remembered for her children's book The Secret Garden (1911). With its rich mythic resonances and detailed portrayal of its child protagonists, the novel is hailed as one of the classics of children's literature. Her big...
English-born American author Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) had a long and productive writing career, during which she penned 55 titles, 5 of which became best-sellers and 13 of which were adapted for the stage. Although remembered primarily for her...
Emily Dickinson by Cynthia GriffinWolff (Knopf, 641 pp., $25) IN LITTLE MORE than an ample lifetime,there have developed two main critical attitudes toward Emily Dickinson: first, a more or less benign recognition of her poetic achievement; and, second, the quasi-political use of...
Emily Maitlis brightens up the slowest news day when she appears on BBC's LDN news. Belinda Buckley compares her work and play wardrobes Emily Maitlis is London's most fashionable newsreader. In a world of Stepford Wife prototypes wearing boxy blue jackets, she...
