Cover of The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

By Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1911

Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic follows Mary Lennox, a lonely orphan whose discovery of a locked garden at Misselthwaite Manor awakens friendship, wonder, and healing for herself, Colin Craven, and everyone touched by the garden’s renewal.

First published
1911
Style
Children’s literature - Pastoral - Redemptive
Known for
A classic children’s novel about nature, friendship, resilience, and transformation
Estimated reading time
6-7 hours
Reading level
Middle grade
Recommended age
9+

Chapters

  1. I. There Is No One Left
  2. II. Mistress Mary Quite Contrary
  3. III. Across the Moor
  4. IV. Martha
  5. V. The Cry in the Corridor
  6. VI. “There Was Some One Crying—There Was!”
  7. VII. The Key of the Garden
  8. VIII. The Robin Who Showed the Way
  9. IX. The Strangest House Any One Ever Lived In
  10. X. Dickon
  11. XI. The Nest of the Missel Thrush
  12. XII. “Might I Have a Bit of Earth?”
  13. XIII. “I Am Colin”
  14. XIV. A Young Rajah
  15. XV. Nest Building
  16. XVI. “I Won't!” Said Mary
  17. XVII. A Tantrum
  18. XVIII. “Tha' Munnot Waste No Time”
  19. XIX. “It Has Come!”
  20. XX. “I Shall Live Forever—and Ever—and Ever!”
  21. XXI. Ben Weatherstaff
  22. XXII. When the Sun Went Down
  23. XXIII. Magic
  24. XXIV. “Let Them Laugh”
  25. XXV. The Curtain
  26. XXVI. “It's Mother!”
  27. XXVII. In the Garden