弗朗西絲·霍奇森·伯內特（1849年-1924），一位影響瞭整個20世紀的英國女作傢，是最早使用現代心理描寫手法進行少兒文學創作的作傢之一。齣於曼徹斯特，你親早逝，傢境貧寒。16歲時，弗朗西絲隨全傢移民美國；18歲時，開始發錶作品；28風時，齣版瞭她的第一部暢銷書《勞瑞傢的閨女》；62歲時，他作瞭她最著名最成功的作品《秘密花園》，奠定瞭她在英國文學史上舉足輕重的地位。此外還有代錶作品《小公主》、《小少爺方特羅伊》等，廣愛歐美國傢青少年的喜愛，都是世界文學寶庫中的經典著作。

美國女作傢弗蘭西斯·H·伯內特的《秘密花園》（The Secret Garden），是一部百年來暢銷不衰的經典兒童小說，它被一代代孩子們不斷重復閱讀，是很多人童年時代記憶深刻的一本書。故事主要講述瞭一個在霍亂中失去父母的印度小女孩，搬到英國後重新獲得幸福生活的故事。一場霍亂使性情怪戾的瑪麗成瞭孤兒，她隻得被送往遠在英國約剋郡的密素斯特莊園和姨父剋萊文先生一起生活。剋萊文先生傷心妻子之死，變得陰鬱古怪消沉遁世，他的莊園裏有上百間被鎖閉的房間，有十年不許人進入的秘密花園。瑪麗意外地在知更鳥的幫助下找到這個秘密花園的大門和鑰匙，並且，她還聽到瞭一個神秘的哭聲，吸引著她去探索莊園之謎。

瑪麗在迪肯的幫助下，使荒蕪的花園重現生機。不久，被認為離死不遠的莊園小主人科林也參與瞭進來。大自然的力量改變瞭一切，長年籠罩在陰霾之下的古老莊園及其主人也一同獲得瞭新生。

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was first published in its entirety in 1911. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.

This book brings together the three lonely children: Mary, who has no close family and is not fond of people; Colin, who is so full of hatred, self-pity and anger, and who is not even sure whether his father loves him, but is certain that he is going to die; and Dickon, who although constantly has a bright and sunny disposition, prefers the company of animals to people, until he meets Mary.

The Secret Garden is charming and wonderfully written, full of the right amount of intrigue for children. It is considered to be the epitome of children's literature, it is still read and loved by many children today, even though it's over 100 years old.