黑布林整本書閱讀系列TheSecretGardenAbouttheauthorFrancesHodgsonBurnettOccupation:novelist,playwrightBorn:1849inManchester,EnglandDied:1924onLongIsland,theUSAWorks:LittleLordFauntleroy(1885–1886),ALittlePrincess(1905),TheSecretGarden(1911).AbouttheauthorExperience:Afterherfatherdied,shemovedtotheUSAin1863andshebegantoearnmoneybywritingstories.Shegotmarriedin1873andmovedtoFrance.Afterhersecondson'sbirth,shewentbacktotheUSA.After1887FrancesspentalotoftimeinEngland.ShelivedinalargehousewithalovelygardencalledGreatMaythamHall.ThishouseanditsgardeninspiredhertowriteTheSecretGarden.

AboutthebookIn1910,itwasfirstappearedinepisodesinanAmericanmagazineanditwascalledMistressMary.In1911,itwaspublishedasabookwiththetitleTheSecretGarden.Today,itisoneofthemostpopularchildren'sbooksofthetwentiethcentury.Severalstageandfilmadaptationshavebeenmade.AboutthebookInAmerica,thestorywasadaptedintofilmsthreetimesin1919,1949,and1993.In1991,amusicalversionopenedonBroadway,withmusicbyLucySimon,andbookandlyricsbyMarshaNorman.InJapan,itwasadaptedintocartoonsduring1991and1992.AboutthestoryThebooktellsthestoryofagirlcalledMaryLennox.Sheistenyearsold,thin,crossandspoilt.AfterherparentsdieinIndia,shearrivesatheruncle'shouseinEnglandwhereshefindsthesecretgarden.ShestartstoworkinthegardenandDickon,alocalboy,helpsher.ThenshediscovershercousinColin.Heisillandcan'twalk,butwiththehelpofMary,Dickonandthesecretgarden,hegetswell.AboutthecharactersMaryLennoxMarthaDickonColinMr.CravencousinfathermaidbrotherBenthegardenerMrsMedlockthehousekeeperMaryLennoxselfish,thin,crossP13TheAyahgaveMaryeverythingshewantedandthelittlegirlbecameveryselfish.Marywasn'tprettylikehermother.Shehadathinfaceandathinbody.Herhairwasyellow,andherfacewasyellowbecauseshewasoftenill.Sheneversmiledandshewasalwayscross.Colinill,sad,desperateP36Initshecouldseeaboyandhewascrying.Hehadawhiteface,longdarkhairandbiggreyeyes.Helookedillbuthewasn'tcryingbecausehewasinpain.P37“Iamsadandmyheadhurt.”PeopletalkaboutmebecauseI'malwaysill.Idon'tlikeit.Myfatherdoesn'tlikeiteither.But,I'mgoingtodie.Dickontrue,?kind,animalloverP34'Canyoukeepasecret?'Shesaid.'Ikeepsecretsallthetime,'Dickonlaughed.'Inevertelltheotherboysaboutfoxcubsorbirds'nestsorotherwildthings.Yes,Icankeepsecrets.friendly,healthyP39'Nowshutyoureye.I'mgoingtosingyouanIndiansong.'Shestartedtosingandwhenshelookedathimagainhewasasleep.Soshegotupandwentawaywithoutasound.P43'Youaren'tasthinandyellowasbefore,'shesaid.'It'stheairofthemoor.It'sgoodforyou.'positive,strongP58'Father,I'mnotgoingtodie.I'mgoingtoliveforeverandever!'P60Helookedvery,veryhappy.Andnexttohim,laughingandwalkingasstronglyastheotherboysi