Why this book?

                     The Plot

Frontispiece,1991

An epidemic of cholera kills Mary's parents and now she is an orphan. Due to her parents death Mary returns to the United Kingdom to live with an uncle named Archibald Craven, widower and with a sick child, in a luxurious Yorkshire mansion, where they live in a suffocating and unfriendly environment. For greater restlessness, they are joined by a bitter woman called Mrs. Medlock, the strict housekeeper. However, she will discover a refuge for her and her new friends: Colin, her disabled and capricious cousin, Dickon, a naive, kind boy and great protector of animals. The three children, with their good heart will transform the place into something beautiful. Apart from that, it will help them build a special relationship that will change their destinies forever.

Personal Reason

When I was studying English, I had a teacher who was a book lover and she used to tell me about different books or stories about English literature, but once she told me that one book specifically changed her life because in moments of pain she would read this book called THE SECRET GARDEN and in some way it made her feel better and that was because the plot of the book reflects her life story because she went through many of the things that are described in the book. She told me that when she was a child she would always look for some hidden or secluded places where she could be herself. From that moment, this book caused me a lot of curiosity but at the same time I never had the opportunity to read it, until now. Honestly, from the little review I read it caught me and I think it is a story based on real events because of the way the author describes each character and the problems around them. In addition, the story definitely touches very controversial issues and on the one hand it tells how life was at that time as many of the literature books, they try to transport you to that moment that was quite painful sometimes or on the other side to that moment of joy.