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After a visit to Boston in 1879, where she met Louisa May Alcott, and Mary Mapes Dodge, editor of children's magazine St. Nicholas, Burnett began to write children's fiction. For the next five years, she had published several short works in St. Nicholas.
Oct 25, 2024 · Frances Hodgson Burnett (born Nov. 24, 1849, Manchester, Eng.—died Oct. 29, 1924, Plandome, N.Y., U.S.) was an American playwright and author who wrote the popular novel Little Lord Fauntleroy. Frances Hodgson grew up in increasingly straitened circumstances after the death of her father in 1854.
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Frances’s mother took her and her siblings and emigrated to the U.S., settling in rural Tennessee. Frances always showed an independent streak, was very clever, and had a knack for storytelling. Her girlhood, according to the biography of her life by Ann Thwaite, Waiting for the Party, had its ups and downs. There were parties and picnics, but also...
During her writing career that spanned some fifty years, Burnett produced over fifty books and thirteen stage plays. Most have been forgotten, swept into the literary dustbin that contains the legions of over-sentimental stories that were produced in that era. She produced at least three works that have endured — Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret ...
Though she had enjoyed great success in selling stories from the very start of her writing career as a teen,Little Lord Fauntleroy is the story that put Burnett on the literary map. It was serialized in St. Nicholas magazinein 1885 and 1886, and published as a book shortly thereafter. The novel tells of young Cedric, who lives in poverty with his w...
Even before Little Lord Fauntleroy, Burnett’s stories and now-forgotten novels had made her wealthy. In the eearly 1880s, she and her then-husband and sons lived in Washington, D.C., very near their friend President James Garfield. By the 1890s, she had also bought a home in England. She was a spendthrift, but also quite generous, using the royalti...
Both of Burnett’s marriages ended bitterly, even scandalously, and since she was a famous author, the bad publicity that resulted caused inordinate stress. But she was a devoted mother, and quite enjoyed her sons, Lionel and Vivian. When Lionel, the older of the two boys, contracted tuberculosis, she bought him costly toys, and did everything possi...
Lionel’s death, her marital woes, and depression created a gap in what had been quite a prolific career. By the early 1900s, Burnett’s work had fallen out of favor, as the florid writing style of the 19th century was no longer in vogue. Fortunately, Burnett recovered her spirits to create her most enduring works, A Little Princess (1905) and The Se...
On this site 1. Illustrations from Sara Crewe(1888) 2. Quotes from A Secret Garden 3. Quotes from A Little Princess 4. 4 Classic Books by Francis Hodgson Burnett Major Works Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote more than 40 novels, but these are among the few that have endured in terms of reputation: 1. Little Lord Fauntleroy(1886) 2. Sara Crewe, or What ...
The Secret Garden, novel for children written by American author Frances Hodgson Burnett and published in book form in 1911. The pastoral story of self-healing through nature and companionship became a classic of children’s literature and is considered to be among Burnett’s best work.
English-born American author Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) had a long and productive writing career, during which she penned 55 titles, 5 of which became best-sellers and 13 of which were adapted for the stage.
The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in The American Magazine (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English children's literature.
In 1871, Burnett was first published in a more overtly literary publication, Scribner's Monthly, and, in 1873, her first novel, Dolly: A Love Story (also known as Vagabondia), was serialized. The family became increasingly dependent on Frances's income following her mother's death in 1872.
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