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The Secret Garden For Further Reference

Bixler, Phyllis. Frances Hodgson Burnett. Boston: Twayne, 1984. A thorough study of Burnett's adult and children's novels which pays particular attention to her depiction of female characters.

Burnett, Constance Buel. Happily Ever After: A Portrait of Frances Hodgson Burnett. New York: Vanguard, 1969.

Based largely on Burnett's autobiographical The One I Know the Best of All (1893), this work is an entertaining, positive examination of Burnett's life that appeals primarily to young people.

Gohlke, Madelon S. "Rereading The Secret Garden." College English 41 (April 1980): 894-902. While comparing her reading of The Secret Garden as an adult and as a sickly child, Gohlke examines the themes of death, rebirth, health, and illness in the novel.

Keyser, Elizabeth Lennox. "'Quite Contrary': Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden." Children's Literature 2 (1983): 1 -13. Examines the shift in focus to Colin at the end...
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