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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20071019
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Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary

Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote more than 50 novels for adults, but is remembered best for a children's story that took 40 years to become recognized as a classic. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, who wrote the definitive biography of Burnett, edits this new annotated version of "The Secret Garden," complete with more than 100 illustrations.

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