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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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I. THERE IS NO ONE LEFT II. MISTRESS MARY QUITE CONTRARY III. ACROSS THE MOOR IV. MARTHA V. THE CRY IN THE CORRIDOR VI. “THERE WAS SOMEONE CRYING—THERE WAS!” VII. THE KEY TO THE GARDEN VIII. THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY IX. THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANYONE EVER LIVED IN X. DICKON XI. THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH XII. “MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?” XIII. “I AM COLIN” XIV. A YOUNG RAJAH XV. NEST BUILDING XVI. “I WON’T!” SAI…

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  • AuthorFrances Hodgson Burnett
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #113
  • Length80,099 words · 5h 20m of reading
  • Chapters28
  • DictionaryIncluded
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-12

Contents

28 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01CHAPTER I. THERE IS NO ONE LEFT
  2. 02CHAPTER II. MISTRESS MARY QUITE CONTRARY
  3. 03CHAPTER III. ACROSS THE MOOR
  4. 04CHAPTER IV. MARTHA
  5. 05CHAPTER V THE CRY IN THE CORRIDOR
  6. 06CHAPTER VI. “THERE WAS SOMEONE CRYING—THERE WAS!”
  7. 07CHAPTER VII. THE KEY TO THE GARDEN
  8. 08CHAPTER VIII. THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY
  9. 09CHAPTER IX. THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANYONE EVER LIVED IN
  10. 10CHAPTER X. DICKON
  11. 11CHAPTER XI. THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH
  12. 12CHAPTER XII. “MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?”
  13. 13CHAPTER XIII. “I AM COLIN”
  14. 14CHAPTER XIV. A YOUNG RAJAH
  15. 15The book was a beautiful one with superb colored illustrations and he turned to one of them.
  16. 16CHAPTER XV. NEST BUILDING
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI. “I WON’T!” SAID MARY
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII. A TANTRUM
  19. 19CHAPTER XVIII. “THA’ MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME”
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX. “IT HAS COME!”
  21. 21CHAPTER XX. “I SHALL LIVE FOREVER—AND EVER—AND EVER!”
  22. 22CHAPTER XXI. BEN WEATHERSTAFF
  23. 23CHAPTER XXII. WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN
  24. 24CHAPTER XXIII. MAGIC
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIV. “LET THEM LAUGH”
  26. 26CHAPTER XXV. THE CURTAIN
  27. 27CHAPTER XXVI. “IT’S MOTHER!”
  28. 28CHAPTER XXVII. IN THE GARDEN

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