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In a house full of sadness and secrets, can young, orphaned Mary find happiness?
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night.
With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.
#book: the secret garden#author: frances hodgson burnett#genre: classics#genre: childrens#genre: fantasy#year: 1910s
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something about this genre of classics-
like what did these authors put in these books? because nothing will ever compare ☕️🌑🪐
#anne of green gables#the secret garden#little women#sense and sensibility#pride and prejudice#jane eyre#jane austen#charlotte bronte#l m montgomery#louisa may alcott#frances hodgson burnett#classics#classic literature#classics written by women#women authors
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Much more surprising things can happen to anyone who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable, determinedly courageous one. Two things cannot be in one place.
-Frances Hodgson Burnett (November 24, 1849 – October 29, 1924)
She was a playwright and author. In 1888 she won a lawsuit in England over the dramatic rights to Little Lord Fauntleroy, establishing a precedent that was incorporated into British copyright law in 1911.
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Books with “B” Authors that I Own and Need to Read Part 6
* That Lass o' Lowrie's
#booklr#tbr shelf shaming#authors#books#Roseanne A. Brown#Tobias S. Buckell#E.A. Wallis Budge#Lois McMaster Bujold#Laura Bulbeck#editor*#Elizabeth C. Bunce#Chris Bunch#Peter Burke#Ben Lucien Burman#frances hodgson burnett#edgar rice burroughs#Jim Butcher#image heavy#long post
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Round 3, Poll 2: American Girl vs A Little Princess
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Sorry if this is like a weird question and I'm not exactly sure how to word it so bear with me, but do you have any tips on how to write more beautifully? Like poetically because you do it so well and I like it.
Yeah, that's it I love your art and I hope you have a nice day!
Not weird at all! I honestly think that the things I used to read impacted the way I write. I was the kind of person who would read classical novels, so I've found that I have kind of an old-fashioned way of writing. My recommendation? Read classics. The way authors like L.M Montgomery and Jules Verne wrote is so fundamentally different from modern novels, and it really brings a poetic edge to my own writing.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne inspired me with it's unique characters.
White Fang by Jack London and Black Beauty by Anna Sewell helped me look at the world through a different perspective.
I cannot overstate the influence that J.R.R Tolkien had on my writing style. The way he describes places down to the trees and mountains, in a way that you can picture it in your mind, is so inspiring.
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter is a wonderful story that celebrates the Cherokee culture, and the way nature and our place in it is described in such a beautiful way.
Another factor is the fact that I grew up studying the Bible. One could say that consistently reading a book over 6,000 years old and researching topics related to it tends to impact your writing, lol.
In short, my writing style has been built up for years. It was heavily influenced by the things I read, and I cannot recommend classic novels enough. Taking a page out of the books of the masters is a wonderful way to elevate both your personal vocabulary and your writing. Below is a list of my favorite no els, some of which I've mentioned:
1) Any Jules Verne novel. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, ect.
2) The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter.
3) White Fang by Jack London.
4) Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell.
5) Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery.
6) The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien.
7) Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
8) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.
9) The Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl
10) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Hope this helps!
#thanks for the ask!#book recommendations#read classics I'm begging#you will not regret it#writing tips
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Jeopardy-style trivia questions about children's literature. All answers to be given in the form of a question (e.g. What is X? or Who is Y?). Are they answerable? EDIT: You can answer the questions too!
This Oregon-born author is best known as the creator of the characters Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph S. Mouse.
This Canadian province is the setting of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables.
Mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is better known by this pseudonym, under which he wrote fantastical fiction.
This book was a result of a bet that Dr. Seuss couldn’t write a story with only 50 unique words.
This J. M. Barrie novel opens with the line “All children, except one, grow up.”
The second half of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women was originally published under this title.
In L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy travels to the Emerald City wearing shoes made out of this precious material.
Although not the first published of C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, this novel comes first chronologically within the stories' timeline.
This Mark Twain novel was the first book ever written using a typewriter. Just found out that the answer I had for this was incorrect. Here is an alternate question: In E. B. White's novel Charlotte's Web, Charlotte greets Wilbur with this "fancy way of saying hello or good morning."
Roald Dahl's heroine Matilda Wormwood declares this Frances Hodgson Burnett novel to be her favorite book in the children's section of the library.
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Twenty Books Challenge, Part 1
Hypothetically, you are only able to keep 20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?
I was tagged by @the-forest-library. Thank you! I’m opting to do it in two parts because I wanted the chance to reuse some old photos I’ve taken of the individual books (and tumblr only allows ten pictures per post--booooo!!!). So here are the first ten books! I’ll tag some people in part two.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - I mean, we knew this was first up, right? It’s my favorite book ever, and this is the first copy I ever owned. It was given to me by my aunt.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - Another absolute favorite. This is surprisingly the only copy I own of it though. It’s been with me since I was fifteen.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë - And of course we have to round out the Brontë trio. I have two copies of Tenant, but this is the one I would keep because 1. it was my first copy and 2. it’s pretty.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - This actually isn’t my favorite Austen (that goes to Persuasion), but this is the one I would keep because it is gorgeous. It’s a Folio Society edition, and it was given to me by my roommate.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - Another of my favorite 19th-century classics. I can’t live without it.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - My brother, Richard, and my sister-in-law, Mish, gave me this when I was about five. I adore the cover. And since Mish passed away in 2020, this is particularly sentimental to me.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - This is just one of my favorite books ever, so naturally I wouldn’t be able to part with it.
The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib - This book is so important to me. It helped me through my recent eating disorder relapse, and it helped my mom understand what I was going through.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson - Similar to the above, this book helped me through my eating disorder back when I was in high school.
Possession by A. S. Byatt - This is just seriously one of the best books I’ve ever read, and I want to reread it. Plus I got it at the used bookstore for a great price.
#booklr#tagged#book photography#twenty books challenge#wuthering heights#emily bronte#jane eyre#charlotte bronte#the tenant of wildfell hall#anne bronte#sense and sensibility#jane austen#north and south#elizabeth gaskell#the secret garden#frances hodgson burnett#the secret history#donna tartt#the girls at 17 swann street#yara zgheib#wintergirls#laurie halse anderson#possession#a s byatt
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The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett - I quite like it, it kinda goes into the (poor) english aristocracy marrying wealthy american girls and the differences in expectation of treatment and such.
A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori - a manga series, don't know if your into that, but carefully researched, beautiful art (especially the textiles) of the time period and place, in areas around the silk road/russian steppes - Kazakhstan is one place I know the author visited.
The Ghost Bride - Yangsze Choo
Black Water Sister - Cho Zen
The Midwife's Apprentice - Karen Cushman
The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
Julie of the Wolves - Jean Craighead George
Blackbird House - Alice Hoffman
Geisha of Gion - Mineko Iwasaki - one of the main people Arthur Golden interviewed for his book. She wrote this to counteract his "white guyification" of what she told him.
Literary Studies for Rhetoric Classes - Bernard L. Jefferson - found this one at a thrift store I just really enjoyed a lot of the pieces in it.
The Story of My Life - Helen Keller
Sirena - Donna Jo Napoli
A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
Binti - Nnedi Okorafor
What Happened to Lani Garver - Carol Plum-Ucci
The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 - Diana Preston
Trudy's Promise - Marcia Preston - a very close look at one mother separated from her son when the Berlin Wall goes up.
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice - a very sad novel as it was written in response to when Anne Rice lost her child. A good close look at grief and loss and apathy.
Lovecraft Country - Matt Ruff - the show missed the point... the author wrote this inspired by when he and a black friend had been talking and he realized that because of skin color that while they occupied the same space, they lived in "different countries"
The Marvels - Brian Selznick
Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepeteys
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet - Kashmira Sheth
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky (or anything by him really)
The Ramsay Scallop - Frances Temple
Doomsday Book - Connie Willis - time-traveler finds herself back during the start of one of the sweeps of the black plague - it's pretty sad
Fifth Chinese Daughter - Jade Snow Wong
*some of these are middlegrade but I feel middlegrade is sometimes not appreciated enough as literature. ^_^'
*also sorry for the very long list....
No apologies needed. I really appreciate the recommendations.
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all the books I read in march 2024
1) “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand*
2) “The Do-Over” by Lynn Painter
3) “Ash House” by Angharad Walker
4) “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain
5) “Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights” by Karen Blumenthal - ❤️
6) “The Ghosts of Rose Hill” by R. M. Romeo
7) “Scattered Showers: Nine Beautiful Short Stories” by Rainbow Rowell - ❤️
8) “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka - ❤️
9) “Salt to the Sea” by Ruta Sepetys - ❤️
10) “The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power” by Deirdre Mask - ❤️
11) “The Ghost of Midnight Lake” by Lucy Strange
12) “Again, But Better: A Novel” by Christine Riccio - ❤️
13) “Emma” by Jane Austen - ❤️
14) “The Shame” by Makenna Goodman - ❤️
15) “Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted” by Daniel Sokatch - ❤️
16) “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett - ❤️
17) “Far from the Tree” by Robin Benway - ❤️
18) “The Lost Property Office” by James R. Hannibal
19) “A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett - ❤️
20) “Instant Karma” by Marissa Meyer - ❤️
21) “Once Upon a Broken Heart” trilogy by Stephanie Garber - ❤️
22) “Rosehead” by Ksenia Anske
*For Atlas Shrugged, I did enjoy reading it as a book but I didn’t agree with its values; with what the author (Ayn Rand) was trying to convey with her philosophy of objectivism. I did enjoy reading Anthem by her, but maybe I was too young to fully comprehend the intention of the story. I will say though that although I believe being selfish is good for one’s mental health, I do think there should be a limit to it. There’s such a thing as being too selfish (or maybe that’s just me). The type of people (aka Donald Trump) that like “Atlas Shrugged” probably says something about the book itself. But that could also just be me. In summary, this book made me think a lot of things and I would recommend trying it out just as a book, but I also wouldn’t recommend it because of what’s inside the book. Two very contradictory statements but take it as you will.
ALSO IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME WHY I GAVE A BOOK HEARTS OR WHY I DIDN’T DON’T BE AFRAID TO ASK SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS
#books#books and reading#book blog#bookworm#book review#march 2024#book-buni#bookblr#ruta sepetys#salt to the sea#the metamorphosis#franz kafka#the shame#makenna goodman#the help#jane austen#atlas shrugged#ayn rand
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Whooohooo!!! For the Bookish Asks,
A S T Y & Z
Thank you, love!!! Off to answer yours now!!
A. Author You’ve Read The Most Books From
Frances Hodgson Burnett, followed closely by C.S. Lewis and Rick Riordan!
S. Series You Started and Need to Finish
I'm still in the middle of Trials of Apollo, so that one!
T. Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books
The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett, So You're Single by Edith Margaret Clarkson, and, of course, the Bible!
Y. Your Latest Book Purchase
I uh. Listen, okay. Day after easter. Four of us siblings in town, descending upon Barnes and Noble with money in our bank accounts and, as always, a keen ability to justify each other's purchases. In total, the four of us spent two hundred? three hundred dollars? I got a bunch of supplemental Riordanverse books (Camp Jupiter Classified, Demigod Files, Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes and Greek Gods, and the graphic novel edition of Sea of Monsters) to read once I finish Trials of Apollo, and I also picked up a lovely copy of Alice and Wonderland (for my collection of copies of Alice and Wonderland 😁)
Z. ZZZ-Snatcher (last book that kept you up WAY late)
uhhhhh, I think it was the first Trials of Apollo book. The last few chapters, which I made it to around twelve-thirty, re-introduce one of my blorbos from the previous series, so every seven seconds I had to stop and stim for a couple seconds (I'm 80% sure I might've thrown the book or slapped myself in the face on more than one occasion during this time.) and yeah. After I finished I was just so excited I couldn't sleep at all for a bit 😁
thanks for the asks, love!
bookish asks!
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20 books challenge
Tagged by @theinquisitxor to post which books I would keep if I could only keep 20. Normally it would be tricky to choose only 20, but with the additional rules of no repeated authors or multiple books per series, I kept stalling at around 13! Here's my final answer (for today).
Let's see, I'm going to tag @agardenandlibrary, @wearethekat and @dracereads with the caveat that I'm not sure how many books you all actually have on hand! ebooks/audiobooks count as well, no picture required. Anyone else who wants to do this, consider this a tag, and show me your choices!
(list of books below the cut)
I decided to include Harper Collins titles but with a strikethrough, just to show the variety of books that fall under their imprints. Top to bottom, books are:
The Lost Prince, Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Picts and the Martyrs, Arthur Ransome
Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers
Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett (OK, I cheated a little on the repeated author rule)
Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds
The Midnight Folk, John Masefield
Poetry 180, Billy Collins
I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver (would probably actually choose a diff Kingsolver book as the one-and-only, but a friend has it right now)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume II, Arthur Conan Doyle
Death and Hard Cider, Barbara Hambly
About the B'nai Bagels, E. L. Konigsburg
Tinkerbelle, Robert Manry
Grave Mistake, Ngaio Marsh (this particular volume has 3 of her books, but if forced to choose I'd go with the listed title)
Sailor Jack and the Target Ship, Selma and Jack Wasserman (a sentimental keep: a preschool favorite)
Dragonhaven, Robin McKinley
The Merlin Conspiracy, Diana Wynne Jones
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson
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Just One More Page Challenge Day 21: Old Author
One of my favorite authors growing up was Frances Hodgson Burnett, who wrote such classics as A Little Princess and The Secret Garden.
I must have read her work dozens of times growing up, so here’s a little shout out to her lol!
#jompbpc#justonemorepage#just one more page challenge#a little princess#the secret garden#frances hodgson burnett
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Round 2 Winners
Poll 1: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Poll 2: Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
Poll 3: American Girl by Various Authors
Poll 4: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Poll 5: The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce
Poll 6: Encyclopedia Brown by Daniel J. Sobol
Poll 7: Ever After High by Shannon Hale
Poll 8: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The third round will be posted tomorrow, 3/15!
#best childhood book#results#the hobbit#nevermoor#american girl#a little princess#encyclopedia brown#ever after high#six of crows
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"(...) ‘there doesn’t seem to be no need for no one to be contrary when there’s flowers an’ such like, an’ such lots o’ friendly wild things runnin’ about makin’ homes for themselves, or buildin’ nests an’ singin’ an’ whistling, does there?’"
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I can’t pinpoint the moment when I first heard about The Secret Garden. I remember seeing a picture of it (don’t even remember if it was from the 1993 film or something else) somewhere in my childhood and it lived quietly in the back of my mind ever since. Then at some point during my teens I decided to watch the film adaptation to know what it was about; and since then the need to read the book has never left me. I’ve had this beautiful Special Puffin Classics edition on my shelf for too long and for some reason, it was this summer when I finally felt like I had to pick it up and put the other book I had started reading on hold.
I absolutely love how the narrative begins with such a gothic feel to it, which is quite unusual in a children’s novel. There are some eerie mysteries surrounding Misselthwaite Manor, reminiscent of Charlotte Brontë or even Ann Radcliffe. But this is not the 19th century; this is the beginning of the 20th century, and the gothic narrative devices are only used in order to shine the light on childhoods filled with darkness. Spoiled and sulky, recently orphaned Mary Lennox arrives in Yorkshire (whose accent the author makes sure to transcribe to the page) to unearth things she never knew of before — beauty, friendship and even magic. Along with moor-child Dickon and her sickly cousin Colin, she brings a secret garden back to life, while simultaneously so are their spirits revived: “Slowly — slowly — for no reason that he knew of — he was ‘coming alive’ with the garden”. The juxtaposition between the flowers and greens growing and both the psychological and physical growth of the children is heart-warming, and a clear influence of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s interest in Christian Science (which believed that illness is a mental rather than a physical disorder), as well as Spiritualism and Theosophy:
"One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts — just mere thoughts — are as powerful as electric batteries — as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got in you may never get over it as long as you live."
But I would go so far as to interpret this narrative as pantheist, being so devoted to nature in its core, with protagonists who even see it as magic: “Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people”. The novel mentions the church and even includes a doxology, but it surprisingly never defines itself as a narrative of christian morals, leaving the door of the garden open in an almost agnostic approach (“How can we know the exact names of everything?”). In this way, Burnett lets the characters, as well as the readers, attach the magic of nature to whatever they might feel is right for them: “Never thee stop believin’ in th’ Big Good Thing an’ knowin’ th’ world’s full of it — an’ call it what tha’ likes.”
#bookstagram#books and flowers#flowers and books#books#book#flowers#literature#blossoming books#frances hodgson burnett#the secret garden#english lit#english literature#yorkshire#mary lennox
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1. Quote from Frances Hodgson Burnett: 145 notes - May 23 2023
The most misused word in the language is 'realism.' It has come to stand solely for all that is hideous, sordid and repulsive in...
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