Sarah is a clever little girl. She grew up without a mother and lived alone with her father, who was an officer stationed in India. In order to get a good education for his beloved daughter, his father spent a lot of money to send her back to an aristocratic school in England and became a little princess envied by everyone. But it didn't take long for my father to listen to his friend's advice and go mining. As a result, his investment failed and he died of anxiety. Sarah changed from a little princess to a poor little orphan girl overnight. The headmaster of an aristocratic school, an eccentric old lady, saw Sarah in abject poverty and couldn't get any money from her. She immediately turned against Sarah, drove her to the attic next to the girl who washed the dishes and made her do all kinds of chores. How will she face the cruel life changes, how to face the cold eyes around her, how to go through all kinds of hardships, infect her little friends with her inner nobility, and become a little princess in her heart? Finally, how to recognize dad and regain his love, so that the principal feels extremely embarrassed? All this is vividly described in the novel.
Based on the novel, the film of the same name, which was once starred by Shirley Temple, a famous Hollywood child star, was rated as one of the best children's films and swept the world. Book Introduction
In American history, few books have been as successful as The Secret Garden. In the past 100 years, people have made various films and plays for it. It can be said that in order to embody the power of this book as much as possible, several generations of American cultural elites are working hard for it. This shows that a beautiful mind is something that human beings will never be willing to throw away. The secret garden just said ...
Directory of secret gardens
The first chapter No one left
Chapter 2 Miss Mary is very stubborn
Chapter III Crossing Moore
The fourth chapter Martha
Chapter V Crying in the Corridor
Chapter VI Ever cried
Chapter 7 The key to the garden
Chapter 8 Robin who leads the way
Chapter 9 The strangest house that man has ever lived in
Chapter 10 Deakin
Chapter 11 The Miser's Original Thrushcross Nest
Chapter 12 "May I have some dirt?"
Chapter 13 "I'm Colin"
Chapter 14 The Little Prince
Chapter 15 Nesting
Chapter 16 "I won't!" Mary said
Chapter 17 Lose your temper
Chapter 18 "You can't waste time"
Chapter 19 "Coming!"
Chapter 20 "I will live forever!"
Chapter 21 Ji Benyuan
Chapter 22 When the sun goes down
Chapter 23 Magic Methods
Chapter 24 "Make them laugh"
Chapter 25 Curtains
Chapter 26 "It's Mom!"
Chapter 27 In the garden
A detailed introduction to the secret garden
The Secret Garden became a best seller when 19 1 1 was published. Later, it was published simultaneously in Britain and the United States, with many versions. 19 19, 1939, 1993 were made into movies in America, and 1994 were made into TV cartoons. These three films were all popular children's films at that time. Among them, 1993 comes from the internationally renowned Polish-French director agnieszka holland. (The famous Europe, Europe is also the work of the Netherlands. The Secret Garden is Holland's first English film, but this book is no stranger to her because she read it many times when she was young. When The Secret Garden was first published in the early 20th century, it was adapted into musicals and plays. 199 1 was once again adapted into a musical, which was a great success. The screenwriter is Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman. The performance of this play is as high as 706 performances. The grand prize of American movies is Oscar, and plays have Tony Award. In the Tony Award of 199 1, the Secret Garden won two top prizes. Mathea Norman won the Best Musical Screenplay Award, while Daisy Eagan, who plays the leading role of Mary, became the youngest best actress in the history of the Tony Awards. Today, American theatrical troupes, large and small, constantly adapt this novel and perform it in various places. In Britain, this book is also a household name? Won the favor of the media. 1975 and 1987 were made into films and broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
In addition to movies, there are countless products based on the secret garden, from audio books on tape, children's books, simplified Chinese characters books and simplified Chinese characters books to toy books, stationery and handicrafts. It's been more than 90 years since it was published, and it's impossible to calculate how many times it has been republished in history, and the album has sold tens of millions. At present, there are at least 30 versions of The Secret Garden in the American market, including the famous Random House, Penguin Group and Oxford University Press. Other publishers include Dell Publishing Company? Grammercy？ Academic trade? Harper Collins teen books? Longmedo Publishing House, Courage Books? Puffin? Abdo & amp's daughters? Shuimo Publishing House, Econo-cladded Books, Dover Publishing House, NTC Publishing Group and so on. If you go back to the previous version, it is even more numerous.
In British children's literature, this novel is recognized as a masterpiece without age limit, and it is also a literary work that breaks the boundaries between elegance and vulgarity. It entered the palace of serious literature and won the mass market. In order to prove the status of this novel, just to mention a few points, it was included in the Oxford World Classic Series (Oxford University Press? World classics), this series of books is authoritative and serious literary classics, and the selected books are prefaced and annotated by scholars. Similarly, the publishing giant Penguin Publishing House also included The Secret Garden in Penguin Classic of the 20th Century. In the introduction of famous writers on the BBC website, the author is also among them. In the United States, the authoritative New York Book Review listed it in the The New York Times readers' directory. This catalogue especially recommends the classics and fine works of books in various fields to readers, covering old books and new books.
The Secret Garden is often used as an English textbook by school teachers in the United States, because its language is simple and vivid, and at the same time, it is rich in ideas and the plot is wonderful and tortuous, which is easy to attract children.
On the one hand, almost any classic bibliography of western children's literature will be included in this novel; On the other hand, it is still an evergreen cash cow for many publishing houses. Different editions, different illustrations and different binding are new every year, just because readers keep buying. Many readers watched The Secret Garden when they were young, but they will watch it when they grow up and buy it for their children. A group of readers are formed, so other authors will continue to write. Susan Moody, a contemporary children's literature writer, wrote back to The Secret Garden (Susan Moody? Back to the Secret Garden). The sequel written by Joe Weissenfeld was made into two films by different directors in 2000. One was called Back to the Secret Garden. The other is called back to the secret garden? It is enough to prove that after more than 80 years, the secret garden still attracts more people to go in and have a look.
It is worth mentioning that in the preface of the Oxford edition of The Secret Garden, Alison Lurie, an American writer and scholar, pointed out that The Secret Garden obviously contains several important themes of the transformation of western literature from tradition to modernity in the 20th century. One is the concern for the inner world; The second is to advocate returning to nature; The third is mysticism. Phyllis Bixler wrote in his book The Secret Garden: The Magic of Nature (Phyllis Bixler? The Secret Garden proved that Nobel Prize in Literature winner T.S. Eliot's Quartet (T.S. Eliot &; Four quartets) and D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover were obviously influenced by The Secret Garden. brief introduction
This book is also called the grandfather of the nobility and the grandson of the commoner, and the little master fauntroy.
1886, her children's novel "Grandfather of the Noble and Grandson of the Civilian" was published, and it became famous for a while. This book, together with Haggard's The Mineral Deposit of King Solomon and Tolstoy's War and Peace, became the three best-sellers in the United States that year. Grandfather of the Noble and Grandson of the Common People is Mrs. Burnett's classic masterpiece, which has been sold well for nearly a century and has been made into movies many times. It tells the story of a gifted and beautiful little boy who experienced great changes in his life and became the heir to the title. The calmness, elegance, tolerance and love shown by the little hero in the face of all kinds of honors and disgraces have infected people around him and readers from generation to generation, calling for people's desire for goodness. In this masterpiece of children's literature, we will not only see the legendary story of ups and downs, but also see the glory of virtue sprouting from innocence. Due to the change of people's interest in art appreciation, the new generation of readers are too naive to the young master, and the little princess will never grow up. The more or less "sentimentality" in the two books will be a bit out of place. However, this does not prevent us (adult and adolescent readers) from appreciating their simplicity, kindness, perseverance and courage. The story is bitter first and then sweet, and there is a "happy ending" ... these are reminiscent of the framework of fairy tales, such as Cinderella. At first, children's literature developed from fairy tales and nursery rhymes. I'm afraid it is difficult for people who lack childlike innocence to approach children's literature.
catalogue
Translation order
Chapter 1
Chapter 2 Friends of Sidrich
Chapter 3 Leaving home
Chapter 4 In Britain
Chapter 5 In the castle
Chapter VI The Earl and His Grandson
Chapter 7 In the church
Chapter VIII Learn to ride a horse
Chapter 9 Poor hut
Chapter 10 The count was frightened.
Chapter 1 1 American friends are worried.
Chapter 12 competitors of inheritance rights
Chapter 13 Dick rescue
Chapter 14 The truth comes out
Chapter 15 Eighth Birthday