I love it

I think that the book would be a lot better if we could understand more yorkshire but some people can not I didn't really enjoy it a lot but that may be because I read it before so maybe you just don't like the accent not the storyline!!!

I first read this book when I was 12 (almost 4 years ago) and have been in love with it ever since. It's a timeless tale that EVERY child should read. The movies are really good too. My two favorites are the 1949 edition with Margaret O'Brien and the 1993 edition with Kate maberly as Mary and Maggie Smith as Mrs. Medlock. I though Maggie Smith made the PERFECT Mrs. Medlock. She looks so strict and proper. <br>As I said before, it's a wonderful story that I STRONLY recommend to everyone.

I thought it was an excellent read. I'm currently reading it for the 4th time and loving it even more. It is an excellent book to read when you want to take yourself to another place. It made me understand the way children behave when they have been spoiled with no love. I found it very emotional and heart warming. I would give it 5 stars.

I really enjoyed reading the comments that everybody had. One person said that he hated the book and I like that because he was being honest and I respect that. Nobody likes a fake. I am doing a report on this book and i will be happy to post it when I am finished. I would like to know exactly how you post it, I never really did it before. Thanks again for the comments bye!!

hi,<br>i enjoy this story and i like it alot and i am doing now oral peresentation.and this story book i get it from libray and i like it alot.but its said that when the small girl parents die and she feel alone but its easy to understand.i hope everyone enjoy this story book and i also see the movie of SECRECT GARDEN and in the movie the garden is sooooooooooooo nice its like we guys get in to HEAVEN.Amazing.i love this book.

Can anyone tell me in what year the story actually takes place?<br><br>Thank you.

Is the musical "The Secret Garden" based on this story? Can anyone give me directions to the musical? Thanks

i think that this book was really good and i think that you will never be able to read this since you are already dead. I think that this book should be done over and over many times but still the same way. This book was inspiering to my whole family and my class. I think that this book will be here for a long time in the future. Thank you for your time.....From Cooldude(B)<br>

I really enjoyed "The Secret Garden". It's one of my favourite books, and I really enjoy the 1993 version of the 1949 film. I had to read a classic book for a study at school, and as i saw the movie first, I thought it would be cool if I read the book. I really enjoyed reading it, and if Frances Hodgson Burnett was alive today, she would be proud!!!!!

The most important element of The Secret Garden is the "magic." In her aloneness at Misselthwaite Manor, Mary discovers a secret garden, which the uncle has kept locked up for ten years since the death of his young wife, Lily. With the help of Dickon, who lives on the moor, Mary starts to make the garden come alive or “wick.” Both Mary and Dickon believe that there is “magic” in this garden. Mary becomes totally convinced that Colin can walk if he, too, can share the magic. Mary and Dickon bring Colin to the garden and tell him that the magic is in him. Colin calls on that magic, and he walks! When Mrs. Sowerby, Colin’s mother, visits the garden and sees the miracle of Colin’s healing, she reinforces the understanding that the magic is God, or the “joy-maker” as she refers to Him. Too often the movies and made-for-television productions have watered down the element of "magic." In the case of the 1993 lavish side screen movie version, the magic had a psychic dimension. Except for the book itself, the Broadway musical best captured the meaning of the "magic," because it expanded our understanding of the love between Archie and Lily, and why thata love is the key to the healing of both Colin and Mary. When the grieving Archie meets Mary for the first time, his heart responds to her as she reminds him of Lily in her love of things of the earth. After Mary gets his permission to make a garden anywhere she likes, Archie leaves Misselthwaite once again to try and forget his pain. During the time he is away, the three children work in the garden and Colin gets stronger every day. By the time Lily calls Archie to the garden, Colin is running around like any healthy boy. Lily conveys to the grieving Archie that it is by loving their son that he will find the peace he so desperately seeks, as well as the ability to let go of her in his mind and heart. In the very last scene, Lily sends Mary to Archie and, hand-in hand, Archie, Mary, and Colin walk together in the secret garden of their love.

I am in 7th grade and had to read this book for school. Infact I have a test tomorrow but anyways i thinks the book was an awsome story for any age group. The other boys in class thaught it was a girly book because it had a pink cover but I am so glad I read this because it is a very nice story about learning to really live and grow and to have perseverence. I loved the ending it was so good And i am sure i will read this book again sometime!

When I saw the movie it is wonderful but when I found the book the movie was near but not the characters. I am very familiar with the Yorkshire language. I have read many books and learned Yorkshire very well. I thought Colin was very quiet when I read the summary at the back, but when I finished it, I know that he had loved Mary very much (as a cousin) and Mary has been fond of him. I wonder why Mrs. Burnett liked the name Sara/Sarah so much because she used it in her novel A Little Princess (I have read by Penguin books) and Sarah Ann in Secret Garden (Dover pub.)?

I have not yet read the book, I have been searching everywhere,high and low to find this damn book,even when I went oversea's I couldnt find it! But i've seen the movie and it's one of my fav's,a very touching story...I love mary's "dont give a damn"attitude(very much like me)but i also like how she softens towards the end of the movie.<br>The castle was perfect i must say,where was it,england??? very spooky looking anyway,the country side was pretty crapp looking though(n/o)Who would ever want to live there in the winter?But the garden was absolutely GORGEOUS!

The Secret Garden is one of the best books I've ever read. I like the adventures & characters. I realy like Dickon and the way he talks to animals.I wish I could talk to animals too. It;s a great book to read <br>when you realy have nothing to do. I realy think it's sad that Mary's <br>parents died. Well thanks for listening to me. Bye

The Secret Garden is a fascinating book! It is one of the best classics written. Believe me, it will not bore you, (like some classics do that your mother makes you read). YOu can really get into the book. Me, as person that does not like reading books, found this one quite interesting. Buy it anywhere, like Little Professor in the Lakewood Mall in Aberdeen, of just anywhere. It's a great book!

The secret garden was given to me as a gift from my grandmother!i seen the movie and i thought wow that should be a good read so i droped everything i was doing and began to read the book that changed my views on life!<br>this book is one magnificent book that i recomend to everyone.To read a book that really gets you inspired is really hard to find and to be able to smell the flowers in the garden as you read it is truely amazing.<br>i love this book to pieces and i have read it many of times it is a book that i will defenately hand down to my children when i have them and i'm sure they will love the book as much as i have!!<br>anyone who doesnt like the book really doesn't know what they are reading...The yorkshire accent is wonderful you can truely learn how to speak it after reading this book!<br>my favourite character would have to be colin,to go from not leaving the house ever and never walking to walking and loving the world like every little ten year old was amazing he really inspired me and i think he is a beautiful person.<br>if you hav not yet read this book i really recomend you do it ia so inspiring that you will just want to read it over and over again!!<br>kimberley..............aged 17

I have read the book, seen the original movie with Margaret O'Brien, have attended a preformance of the musical, and now have the honor of producing the musical at our theater. The story is real, but magical at the same time, changing the life of not only the spoiled, lonely, unloved and sad little girl, but also all those around her. It inspires as well as emitting the emotion of empathy for those whom we are helped to understand; then dislike turns into caring turning into love. The music is glorious as well as inspirational. I urge everyone to try to see the musical stage production should it ever come your way.

I read the secret garden and i thought it was an extrodinary book and it was very well done. the yorshire accent was well written and i think i will have to persade my mates to read it.

"The Secret Garden" was my favorite book as a child...and favorite film (1949), starring Margaret O'Brien (Mary Lennox), Herbert Marshall (Archibald Craven), Dean Stockwell (Colin Craven), Brian Roper (Dickon), and Gladys Cooper (Mrs. Medlock). Also, while living in Boston, my "proper Bostonian" neighbor gave me an original copy of "The Secret Garden," which I treasure. While living in Los Angeles, a friend took me to a revival theater to see a screening of the 1949 version of "The Secret Garden." And, to my surprise, Margaret O'Brien was sitting directly behind me in the next row.

The Secret Garden is very interesting book,I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read ficition novels.

I've seen two versions of the secret garden and I just find out that there is about 8 movies about that book, even one of 1919. Does anyone knows why?

nope but there are just as many for pride and prejudice by jane austen. its a classic tale that everyone loves and they update it every decade or so i am sure.

I have seen 3 of the remakes, 2 of which don't follow the book very well. There was one made for TV in 1987 that I highly recommend. It follows the book very closely, including the way in which Mary looses her parents (Cholera, NOT an earthquake!).

:nod: This is my favourite book!!!! :nod:

:cool: Not sure, but I have seen a lot of movies about the secret garden. May be it is because of the events. Or characters...... :D :nod:

You should finish the book, it is really good!!!

:confused: How come you didn't enjoy it????

Yes, the Secret Garden is a good book.

:) This book is sooo awesome! I have read tons of books last summer (my computer, nothing worked!!!) Anyway, this book was so awesome when I read it. It's really compelling.......a plot.....awesome.....(do I say awesome too many times...?) Anyway, I hope anyone else who's read it likes it too! Plus, I also WATCHED THE PLAY! Of course the book was so much more awesome, but it was somehow easier to understand WHEN you see it with your own eyes. THIS BOOK IS SO AWESOME! AND WHOEVER READS MUST2 LIKE IT!!!! ~Dreamer~--Kim--age 12

yeah, that book really is great. for any age; i'm nearly fifteen and still love it. So is A Little Princess, by the same author - my grandmother has it at her house, and i read it again every year when i go - i've probably read it at leasst ten times now

I havent been able to read a lot these past few weeks, I have done a little too much and I guess most people hate it when I talk about the books. Anyway, I think I will try reading that book...I believe my friend read it for one of her projects I'll check the princess book in my library...anyway, this author is really awesome and anybody who reads the books should really like the book as well. Any theme, moral, genre, or characters the author can attempt and succeed with any, and create a masterpiece.

nobody hates it on LitNet! :D

good luck with your work overload . . . school being evil?

Yeah it aint fair....too much stuff .... but my grades got in yesterday...all 99-107averages man~~~ anyway...yeah everyone should like it round here....

btw people, if you ever get around to reading secret gardern, or thanks to mir, a little princess, either reply to this thread and say what you feel, or at least talk to someone about it--never hurts to share what you're thinking. Who knows? maybe you'll make some friends

~Kim..12

Everyone's seen and read at least ONCE the book Secret Garden. It's an awesome book for all ages and no matter what it should just be something you can't put down...I read the book a long time ago but its still clear in my mind. I watched the play right after reading the book so that I could compare them, they were both awesome, but the book was more "realistic" and the play was more visual. Anyway, this awesome book The Secret Garden should be a great book for people who love plays, thrills, real life problems, and coincidences. Any comments anyone ^^?

~Skye..age: 14:brow: ;) :thumbs_up :nod: :banana:

I wouldn't say its good, its AWESOME!

This book is really great--I agree ... Plus...even though I barely read anymore too...Im really happy I gave the secret garden a chance, when my friend recommended it to me I was like "Yuck...I dont like books like this..." But then I read it and realized it's awesome
AN AWESOME BOOK FOR ALL AGES!!!

I agree...it's a somewhat thriller, though it isn't horror or anything. It keeps you interested in reading it, and there's a lot to learn in this. Some may relate to the characters, some may learn how different they are from the characters. Awesome book full of compelling events.
~Skye, 14

If you can't get into a book, its hard to say you love it. But if your actually in the plot of the book where the climax is, your mind races...it's tons more awesome to be able to get into the feeling and understand that book for you own interest...instead of being forced to do it, and not putting yourself out there to be swallowed in the climax (okay I know it's a stupid way of putting it...but who cares...)
~Skye, 14

I for one, enjoyed it as well. It was great experience being sucked up into all the drama, mystery, and compelling problems. As I said in another thread, it's much better to read for your own interest, rather than being forced to read it. If you don't get sucked up into all the drama, there's just no reason to be reading it. Trust me, the first time I read it, I did it for school and I absolutely hated it cause I thought it was really boring. But then we had this black out a few months later, and nothing worked and I found only one book. I read it and was sucked in and I absolutely loved it!!
~Skye, 14

Um why did you hate it? I think you hated it coz you weren't in the mood. Think about it. If you're not sucked into all the confusing drama how the hell would you enjoy it? (sorry about saying hell, just making a point) Anyway, if I were you I would put time aside SO THAT you could TRY to like it. Coz if you give it a shot, its an awesome book!!! MANNN!!!!
~Skye, 14