The 2018 Reading Challenge - #31 - A Book that´s been mentioned in an other Book
Hello People :)
Again a new week and it of cause brings a new book and with it a review ^^
Todays book is for the category - A Book that´s been mentioned in an other Book. There are soooo many...in the end I went for
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published as a book in 1911, after a version was published as an American magazine serial beginning in 1910.
Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children's literature.
Several stage and film adaptations have been made.
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"What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite manor? Recently arrived at her uncle's estate, orphaned mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won't enjoy living there. Then she discovers the arched doorway into an overgrown garden, shut up since the death of her aunt ten years earlier. Mary soon begins transforming it into a thing of beauty--unaware that she is changing too.
But Missalthwaite hides another secret, as Mary discovers one night. High in a dark room, away from the rest of the house, lies her young cousin Colin, who believes he is an incurable invalid, destined to die young. His tantrums are so frightful, no one can reason with him. If only, Mary hopes, she can get Colin to love the secret garden as much as she does, its magic wil work wonders on him."
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Its a wonderful story and I am actually happy that I finally read it ;)
I´ll give it a 9 out of 10
There is a huge massage in this of cause ;) after its quite tragic beginning it all about to change for Mary, the main character and little girl who has to move away to her uncle where she discovers many new things and changes a lot in her very self centered character. The nature, and the garden of cause, plays an important role and mirrors the change in the little girl as the seasons go by.
As the nature recovers after winter in which the story begins, the little girl heals and so does her uncle.
Everything gets better with a lot of nature and positive thinking, kind of ;)
I really liked the story and its message and I loved the style it is written in! What do you think about The Secret Garden! Let´s talk about it, I imagine it to be quite helpful for those in similar circumstances.
Need more inspiration?
First you have to decide from which book you want to get a book for this categories.
Here are some which I also considered and in which several books are mentioned^^
Which book did you choose for this category?
And which book was your inspiration?
With lots of love
♥♥♥
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