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There is a secret garden in the depths of everyone's heart. However, the garden is full of spring, or full of devastation, to see if everyone has enough love to nourish the heart of the garden.
This first edition was published in 1911, and after many reprints of the children's literature classic "The Secret Garden", it brings us a story about love and growth - let children learn emotional management, become braver, more confident, more popular; at the same time, through the children's behavior changes, but also to further explore the emotional management of parents, has a non-negligible influence on the growth of children.
The author of this book, Frances Hodgson Burnett, was born in the United Kingdom, immigrated to the United States as a teenager due to the fall of her family, and later became a national female writer in the United States, and is recognized as a rare literary genius. She was critically acclaimed as a contributor to women's magazines at the age of 19, and has since worked tirelessly, creating more than 50 works in her lifetime, influencing generations of readers.
Illustrations of the inner pages of the book
At the age of 37, after the little lord, based on her youngest son, came out and sold well in 12 languages, Burnett began to turn his main focus to writing children's literature.
At the age of 55, when she returned to the Mason Villa in Kent, England, she stumbled upon an abandoned rose garden that inspired her to create the book "The Secret Garden", and the character of Colin in the book was based on her eldest son. Comparing Burnett's life experience, it is not difficult to find that she wants her eldest son, who died of illness at the age of 16, to regain a new life in the novel; therefore, in the process of reading this book, it is not difficult to find the author's claim through Colin's mouth that there is a "magic" in the world that can keep us alive.
In the book's postscript, there is a further interpretation of this "magic": apparently, this is different from the Hogwarts magic in Harry Potter, but a reflection of the "new thinking" movement that the author Burnett once believed in, emphasizing the linkage between the spirit and the body, believing that people can strengthen their bodies and reshape their lives by controlling their thoughts.
Next, we may wish to follow the storyline of this book to specifically feel how this magic from the heart can revitalize their spiritual garden
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="25" >, when love is approaching, Mary learns to stand on her own feet and gains the ability to love</h1>
At the beginning of the story, the scene is 10-year-old girl Mary, who grew up in a superior family environment since childhood, but her parents are busy with work and socializing, completely ignoring her companionship and love, resulting in Mary's lonely personality and stinky temper.
During a sudden cholera, Mary was orphaned and sent to the home of her uncle, Mr. Kerryvin, of the Miseswirt Estate in England. The estate is large with almost 100 rooms, but most of the doors and windows are closed. Mr. Kerryvan, who seems equally reclusive and eccentric, is also absent from the manor for many years, with only a few servants, but it is clear that Mary's appearance and personality are not pleasing.
At first, Mary thought that she could still live a life of opening her mouth and stretching out her hands with food and clothes as she did in India, but Martha, the maid sent to take care of her, asked her with a simple tone, why can't she dress herself and do her own thing?
Although Mary's first reaction was rejection and incomprehension, gradually her thoughts began to change, and she slowly began to learn to dress and eat by herself and hang out on her own.
Obviously, this trick is still very effective for spoiled children. When you find that your environment and the people around you are no longer revolving around you, naturally, your thinking will change with it. And once there is a crack in the inherent cognition, the new change will be like a domino, producing a series of reactions.
By chance, under the guidance of the robin, Mary discovered the secret garden that "no one had set foot in ten years"... Looking at the bare and lifeless garden in front of her, Mary, who "loves to fight in her bones", decides to bring the garden back to life no matter what...
In the process, Mary meets DiGo, an optimistic, kind country boy who can communicate with animals.
At the same time, she discovers the secret of the crying in the manor.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="100" > Second, when love is approaching, Colin learns to strengthen himself and harvests absent fatherly love</h1>
It turned out that the cry came from the boy in front of him who had been bedridden for a long time, with a emaciated face and a strange temper—his name was Colin, the son of his uncle Currivan, Mary's cousin of the same age, and the future heir of the manor.
Corin has been ill since birth and has been bedridden for a long time. He always thought that he had a lump on his back, he didn't live long, and even if he could survive, he might grow into a hunchback... And the reason for all this is because his mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to him. And Mr. Ke Ruiwen, who loves his wife deeply, cannot face all this, so that he cannot look directly into his son's eyes that are very similar to his wife... So he only occasionally sneaked in at Colin after he was asleep.
Due to the lack of maternal love and the absence of his father's love, Colin has been trapped in an extremely inferior mood during his growth, reflecting the same lonely personality as Mary at that time - grumpy, nervous, like to dictate, a little unhappy chicken dog restless...
The servants in the manor did not dare to resist in the slightest, except to endure Colin's solitude and obedience. Until Mary discovers Colin's presence.
Out of curiosity, the two children got along quite well at first; but two people with similar temperaments will clash sooner or later, and once it breaks out, the scene is simply unimaginable lethal... However, as the saying goes, "no break, no standing", it is also after a big quarrel between the two that Mary discovers that the cause of Colin's illness is not the body, but the crux of the heart.
Just as martha, the maid in front of her, and her brother Di Gao guide Mary out of her self-enclosed heart, Mary tries to guide Colin out of the predicament... And the Secret Garden has witnessed the happening and growth of all this change.
Under the concerted labor and maintenance of the three children, the once-deserted secret garden was revitalized, and this vitality also injected a new energy into the body and mind of Mary and Colin; what is more, this energy, like magic, also affected Mr. Kerryvan, who had always chosen to escape and self-exile.
As a children's literature, the ending of the story is naturally happy for everyone. But before harvesting this happy ending, why not everyone in the story is trying to seize the opportunity of change, try to break through themselves, pay with their hearts, and revitalize their inner garden?
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="101" > written at the end of the article:</h1>
Although the story line of "The Secret Garden" is simple, the layered details in the story, the delicate depiction of the delicate emotions of the children, the vivid portrayal of the beautiful nature in the garden... Let us feel the vitality of nature, but also admire the love and healing ability from the beginning of life.
This time it has to be attributed to the author's keen observation. No wonder the New York Times once commented, "There are many authors who can write books to win the love of children; far fewer can please adults at the same time; but only the really rare children's book authors have enough skill, charm, frankness, and meaning to make their works suitable for both young and elderly people—Mrs. Burnett is one of the few who have such talent."
For every child who is troubled by growing emotions, especially every parent who is absent from their child's growth, this classic long-selling book "The Secret Garden" will be a magic key, opening the door of the heart, entering each other's spiritual garden, sowing a seed of love, harvesting a piece of life.
Oh, yes, I read the Classic Library Edition of the Writers' List, which contains 130 beautiful illustrations that perfectly reproduce the vivid scenes of the novel; the book also comes with 3 exquisite bookmarks and 1 book cover of the same postcard, as well as a handmade three-dimensional greeting card, you can make your own secret garden Oh~
Book cover + bookmark + postcard + greeting card
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