The secret garden

"The New York Times wrote of The Secret Garden, "Any authors can write delightful books for children; a few can write entertaining books about children for adults; but it is only the exceptional author who can write a book about children with sufficient skill, charm, simplicity, and significance to make it acceptable to both young and old." Perhaps this quality of being a book that appeals to children but that remains pleasurable for adult readers is the key to the remarkable, enduring popularity of this Edwardian story of horticultural redemption for its protagonists, the ill-tempered and contrary orphan Mary, brought from India to an unfamiliar England, and the motherless invalid Colin. This Broadview Edition provides extensive historical materials related the novel's publication and reception, as well as up-to-date and nuanced critical context."--