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Fromtheworld-renownedauthorofLittleLordFauntleroyandTheSecretGarden，astoryaboutagirlwithanunquenchablecapacityforforgiveness，trust，andhope…Astrangelittlechild，withold-fashionedwaysandstrongfeelings，seven-year-oldSaraCrewearrivesatMissMinchin’sLondonboardingschoollikealittleprincess：withsplendidclothesofvelvet，lace，andsilk，beautifuldolls，furs，andevenaFrenchmaid.Butwhenaterriblemisfortuneleavesherpennilessandalone，Sara’sspiritneverwanes.Here，inoneofthebest-lovedchildren’sstoriesintheworld，wefollowtheadventuresoftheirrepressibleSaraassheintroducesustoaseriesofunforgettablecharacters：theperpetuallycrossMissMinchin;thespiritedandinfinitelylovingLargefamily;andthewarmheartedscullerymaidBecky.AndwhenamysteriousIndiangentlemanmovesintothehousenextdoor，Sara’slifeistransformedonceagain，inadelightfultaleastimelessasthedreamsofyounggirlseverywhere.WithaNewIntroductionbyMegCabotandanAfterwordbyLynneSharonSchwartz
作者简介
FrancesHodgsonBurnett(1849–1924)wasborninManchester,England,andimmigratedwithherfamilyin1865toTennessee,whereshelivednearKnoxvilleuntilhermarriagetoDr.S.M.Burnettin1873.Ateighteen,shebeganpublishingherstoriesinmagazinessuchasGodey’sLady’sBookandScribner’s.Attwenty-eight,hernovelThatLasso’Lowries,basedonthecollierylifeshehadknowninEngland,becameherfirstsuccess,butshegainedinternationalfamewithherchildren’sstoryLittleLordFauntleroy(1886),anovelaboutanAmericanboywhobecomesheirtoanEnglishearldom.Itshero’slongcurlsandvelvetsuitwithlacecollarbecameapopularfashionforlittleboys—andhisnamelivesonasanepithetforoverdressedorpompouschildren.LittleLordFauntleroywasalsosuccessfullydramatized,justasalaternovel,SaraCrewe,becamethemuchbetter-knownstageplayTheLittlePrincess(1905).In1909,whilelayingoutagardenathernewhomeonLongIsland,BurnettconceivedandwroteTheSecretGarden(1911),herbestandmostenduringwork.TheauthordiedinPlandome,NewYork.MegCabot’sbooksforbothadultsandtweens/teenshaveincludedmultiplenumberoneNewYorkTimesbestsellers,sellingover25millioncopiesworldwide.HerPrincessDiariesserieshasbeenpublishedinmorethan38countriesandwasmadeintotwohitfilmsbyDisney.Cabot’snumerousotheraward-winningbooksincludetheAbandontrilogy,theAllieFinkle’sRulesforGirlsseries,andtheHeatherWellsMysteryseries.LynneSharonSchwartz,anativeofBrooklyn,NewYork,haspublishednineteenbooksoffiction,nonfiction,essays,poetryandtranslation,includingthenovelsRoughStrife(nominatedforaNationalBookAward),BalancingActs,DisturbancesintheField,andIntheFamilyWay.Herreviewsandcriticismhaveappearedinmanyleadingmagazinesandnewspapers.SheistherecipientofgrantsfromtheGuggenheimFoundation,theNationalEndowmentfortheArts,andtheNewYorkStateFoundationfortheArts,andshehastaughtinmanywritingprogramshereandabroad.,,,,
