One of the most beloved children's books of all time and the inspiration for a feature film, a television miniseries, and a Broadway musical, The Secret Garden is the best-known work of Frances Hodgson Burnett. In this unforgettable story, three children find healing and friendship in a magical forgotten garden on the haunting Yorkshire moors.

Annie Singer wanted a life that wasn't cooped up in a dark room with noisy, dusty machinery all day. She wanted someone to love and someone who would love her. She wanted a life. And that wasn't going to happen in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1866.Annie found an advertisement that would change her life.'Nebraska farmer needs wife.Must be honest, hardworking and God-fearing.Must be willing to travel immediately.'George Pulaski couldn't believe his s...

In this New York Times bestseller, comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show.In In Such Good Company, Carol Burnett pulls back the curtain on the twenty-five-time Emmy-Award winning show that made television history, and she reminisces about the outrageously funny and tender moments that made working on the series as much fun as watching it.C...

First published in 1909, "The Secret Garden" is one of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s most popular novels.The book tells the story of Mary Lennox, a spoiled, contrary, solitary child raised in India but sent to live in her uncle’s manor in Yorkshire after her parents' death. She is left to herself by her uncle, Mr. Craven, who travels often to escape the memory of his deceased wife. The only person who has time for Mary is her chambermaid, Martha. It is Martha who tells Mary about Mrs. C...

Sent to live with her uncle in a drafty old house on the Yorkshire Moors, 10-year-old Mary Lennox misses her childhood home in India. Even though her wealthy parents were neglectful and never truly wanted her, Mary was spoiled by the staff and became self-centered and obnoxious. When the cholera epidemic sweeps through, killing Mary’s parents, for the first time in her life she is well and truly alone.After finding a key to the secret walled garden at her new home, Mary recruits th...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - Little Women [Louisa May Alcott] - Sense and Sensibility [Jane Austen] - Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) [J.M. Barrie] - Cabin Fever [ B. M. Bower] - The Secret Garden [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - A Little Princess [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Lewis Carroll] - The King in Yellow [Robert William Chambers] - The Man Who Knew Too Much [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] - The Woman in Whi...

“It seemed scarcely bearable to leave such delightfulness.”Though Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote more than forty books, none remains so popular as her miraculous and magical masterpiece, The Secret Garden. Has any story ever dared to begin by calling its heroine, “the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen” and, just a few sentences later, “as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived?” Mary Lennox is the “little pig,” sent to Misselthwaite Manor, on the...

A Little Princess was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and first published in 1903. Generations of children have treasured this story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines she's a princess in order to survive hard times at Miss Minchins London boarding school.

Mary Lennox is a sour-faced 10-year-old girl, who is born in India to selfish wealthy British parents who had not wanted her and were too wrapped up in their own lives. She was taken care of primarily by servants, who pacify her as much as possible to keep her out of the way. Spoiled and with a temper, she is unaffectionate, angry, rude and obstinate. Later, there is a cholera epidemic which hits India and kills her mother, father and all the servants. She is discovered alone but alive aft...

This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett—funny, irreverent, and irresistible.Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another....

The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a timeless classic of children's literature that tells a deeply moving story of resilience, imagination, and inner strength in the face of hardship. First published in 1905, the novel continues Burnett's tradition of creating emotionally rich stories centered on young protagonists who endure adversity with courage and dignity. The story follows Sara Crewe, a bright, imaginative, and kind-hearted young girl who is sent to a prestigious board...

“If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.” Ranked among the best children’s novels of all time, A Little Princess tells the story of Sara Crewe, the darling daughter of a British officer. Raised in India by a doting father, Sara’s world is turned upside down when she is sent off to Miss Minchin's Select Semina...