The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

This source presents excerpts from Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, beginning with Mary Lennox's discovery of her parents' death from cholera in India and her subsequent journey to a large estate in Yorkshire. Upon arriving at Misselthwaite Manor, a solitary and disagreeable Mary begins to explore, eventually learning about a secret walled garden that has been locked for a decade after a tragic accident. Her curiosity grows, leading her to find the hidden key and the overgrown garden, where she begins to cultivate new life. Along the way, she encounters the nature-loving local boy Dickon and her sickly cousin Colin, and together they nurture both the garden and themselves through their shared secret and connection to nature.