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The definitive and revealing life story of the author of The Secret Garden, Ann Thwaite creates a sympathetic but balanced and eye-opening biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett who enchanted numerous generations of children.

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‘A fascinating and valuable book’ Sunday Times


'Ann Thwaite has admirably mapped out the complex and peripatetic story, attacking its problems with insight and diligence' Times Literary Supplement


'Intelligent, moderate, thoughtful, well documented, well organised, and well written… a model of a literary biography' New York Review of Books

Beyond the Secret Garden The Life of Frances

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      Publisher: Duckworth Books
      Publication Date: 06/08/2020
      ISBN13: 9780715654187, 978-0715654187
      ISBN10: 0715654187
      Also in:
      Biography Biography: arts and entertainment ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The definitive and revealing life story of the author of The Secret Garden, Ann Thwaite creates a sympathetic but balanced and eye-opening biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett who enchanted numerous generations of children.

      Trade Review

      ‘A fascinating and valuable book’ Sunday Times


      'Ann Thwaite has admirably mapped out the complex and peripatetic story, attacking its problems with insight and diligence' Times Literary Supplement


      'Intelligent, moderate, thoughtful, well documented, well organised, and well written… a model of a literary biography' New York Review of Books

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