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Frances Hodgson Burnett

Born

in Cheetham, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, The United Kingdom

November 24, 1849

Died

October 29, 1924

Genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).
Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was 4 years old, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling in New Market, Tennessee. Frances began her writing career there at age 19 to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines. In 1870, her mother died. In Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1873 she married Swan M. Burnett, who became a medical doctor. Their first son Lionel was born a year later. The Bu ...more

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	The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,214,632 ratings — published 1911 — 2984 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Princess 4.22 avg rating — 312,718 ratings — published 1905 — 492 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Lord Fauntleroy 3.90 avg rating — 23,595 ratings — published 1885 — 1505 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sara Crewe, or What Happened at Miss Minchin's 4.12 avg rating — 3,317 ratings — published 1888 — 263 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Garden / A Little Princess 4.41 avg rating — 2,966 ratings — published 1911 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Prince 3.83 avg rating — 3,172 ratings — published 1915 — 723 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of a Marchioness, Part I and II (Emily Fox-Seton #1-2) 3.71 avg rating — 2,573 ratings — published 1901 — 294 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of a Marchioness 3.59 avg rating — 1,945 ratings — published 1901 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anne Sebba (Goodreads Author) (Preface) 3.99 avg rating — 1,314 ratings — published 1906 — 265 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Complete Books: The Secret Garden / A Little Princess / Little Lord Fauntleroy 4.36 avg rating — 794 ratings — published 2012 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Emily Fox-Seton (2 books)
by

Frances Hodgson Burnett,

C.D. Williams (Illustrator)

3.65 avg rating — 4,657 ratings

A Lady of Quality (2 books)
by

Frances Hodgson Burnett

3.38 avg rating — 796 ratings

The Head of the House of Coombe (2 books)
by

Frances Hodgson Burnett,

1stworld Library (Editor)

3.69 avg rating — 397 ratings

The Good Wolf (2 books)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett

3.33 avg rating — 36 ratings

Emily Fox-Seton #1-2 (1 book)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett,

Gemma Rovira Ortega (translator)

3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings

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Quotes by Frances Hodgson Burnett (?)

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

tags: perspective, positive-attitude

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“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

tags: beauty, children, classic, nature, spring

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“Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess

tags: a-little-princess, frances-hodgson-burnett, inspirational, princess

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November BoTM Nominations ~ A Childhood Classic ~ Final Poll

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

11 votes, 22.4%

Anne of Green Gables

by L.M. Montgomery

9 votes, 18.4%

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank

9 votes, 18.4%

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

8 votes, 16.3%

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

by Betty Smith

6 votes, 12.2%

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

3 votes, 6.1%

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

3 votes, 6.1%

49 total votes

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