Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little girl, bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely. One day she discovers a way in to a secret abandoned garden and, with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin, they set about restoring the garden. "The Secret Garden" by "Frances Hodgson Burnett" is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and ... |
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Based on the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett. Retold by Clare West. ... Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens - and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the Secret garden... which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the CEFR. Word count: 10.715 ... |
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Based on the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett. Retold by Jennifer Bassett. ... Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the ... |
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Мери Ленъкс е капризно дете, което мисли единствено за себе си. След смъртта на родителите ѝ Мери е изпратена при чичо си в старинното и мрачно имение Мисълтуейт. Там разглезеното момиче се запознава с болнавия си братовчед Колин и веселяка Дикън, който обича природата и животните. Една дружелюбна червеношийка им показва пътя към вълшебна тайна градина, занемарена в продължение на десет години. Мери, Колин и Дикън се захващат с всички сили със съживяването на градината. Свежият въздух, сладкият аромат на рози и грижливо пазената тайна разкриват на децата необикновената красота на живота. ... |