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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
When I was younger, I came into some kind of contact with the story of The Secret Garden; I believe it must have been some kind of film adaptation, because the book I just finished felt entirely new to me. As a children's book, it was a delightful read, one that transported me back a few short months to the spring and the summer. As far as the plot goes, it is not especially complex or difficult to anticipate, but it is with her prose that Frances Hodgson Burnett makes every page shine.
If I were to give this book to a child to read, however, I would need to sit down and have a conversation with them about some of the racist and colonialist viewpoints of the characters and the author. The Magic of this book is, though, that it makes me want to have a child to share it with.
If I were to give this book to a child to read, however, I would need to sit down and have a conversation with them about some of the racist and colonialist viewpoints of the characters and the author. The Magic of this book is, though, that it makes me want to have a child to share it with.