BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Criticism/Essays Biographies Biographies My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help


The Secret Garden Study Guide

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
About 73 pages (21,785 words)
The Secret Garden Summary

Bookmark and Share

The Secret Garden Study Guide consists of approx. 73 pages of summaries and analysis on The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Overview

  About the Author

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

Mary Lennox is thought to be the most disagreeable child ever seen, pitifully thin with waxy-looking skin, limp hair and a miserable disposition. Her family is from England, living now in India. Mary's mother puts her into the care of an Ayah, an Indian nursemaid, just after she is born, and rarely sees her. Mary grows up in the care of native servants who give her way in everything so she won't start to cry and disturb her mother. By the time Mary is six years old, she is a selfish tyrant who chases away the English governesses who are hired to teach her. (read more)
      Chapter 1, "There's 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"
      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 Forever"
      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"

  Characters

  Objects/Places

  Setting

  Social Sensitivity

  Literary Qualities

  Themes

  Themes and Characters

  Style

  Quotes

  Topics for Discussion

  Suggested Essay Topics

  Ideas for Reports and Papers

  For Further Reference

  Related Titles/Adaptations

  Copyright Information

Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our The Secret Garden Access Pass.

More Information
  • View The Secret Garden Study Pack
  • Search Results for "The Secret Garden"
  • Add This to Your Bibliography
  • More Products on This Subject
    Ever-changing
    In Francis Hodges Burnett's story The Secret Garden, miraculous change in character takes place t... more


     
    Copyrights
    The Secret Garden from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


    About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy