The Secret Garden (Book Review)

The story was published in 1911, the author of The Secret Garden is Frances Hodgson Burnett. the film I watched as a child was released in 1993. Reading the story in 2020 it still feels relevant. A timeless story, one of beauty and nature. 

I loved the film as a child, I’ve always wanted to read the book. I found it as an audiobook free on YouTube to listen to here is the link: https://youtu.be/Yx_GpxQvi5E. The story to listen to is 7 hours and 40 minutes long, it sounds daunting but once you really get into it you don't notice the time. It took me about 5 days to listen to the entire thing. 

I have been finding it easier listening to books, especially when I’m bathing, cleaning or even editing videos for my YouTube channel.  Listening to this book, in particular, has been so therapeutic, I really enjoyed all of the different characters and voices especially the Yorkshire ones. I often found myself grinning at the dialogue. I really enjoyed reading this one. I would really recommend this book, the description of nature and the garden was stunning to listen to. I was sad when it came to an end.

The Secret Garden is a story of a little girl called Mary, she moves from India, due to the death of her family, to England. She moves into the house if her uncle, as the story unfolds you see her transform from a bratty kid to a lovely young girl. Whilst her time at Misselthwaite Manor she discovers the secret garden, a place that belongs to her uncle’s dead wife. During the story Mary finds her cousin hidden away in the mansion, and you see him through the help of Mary, Dicken and the garden you see him grow as a person.  

The story was published in 1911, the author of The Secret Garden is Frances Hodgson Burnett. the film I watched as a child was released in 1993. Reading the story in 2020 it still feels relevant. A timeless story, one of beauty and nature.