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Orphan's coming of age is a classic of perfection; THE CHILDREN'S GOLDEN LIBRARY.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20031003
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Byline: SUSAN HILL

THIS WEEK: THE SECRET GARDEN BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT NEXT WEEK'S BOOK: THE THREE MUSKETEERS Full celebrity review only in It's Friday IF ever a children's book deserved to be called a classic, it's The Secret Garden - and if ever a book could be called perfect, it's this one. It can be read with equal pleasure, and perhaps more understanding, when one is an adult.

It has stood the test of time, coming up fresh as a daisy almost a century after it was written. And it stands up to many a rereading. But what makes the book not only a classic, but ...

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