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This ebook edition contains the unabridged Complete Works of Frances Hodgson Burnett with a detailed and functional table of contents.
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849 – 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden (published in 1911), A Little Princess (published in 1905), and Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-6).
Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in
...Mary Lennox is born in India. She is a sickly, sallow child, whose parents hide her away with her Ayah. After her parents die in a cholera outbreak she is sent to live in Yorkshire with her uncle. She is, once more, left mostly to herself. Her uncle still mourns his beautiful wife ten years after her death, and seeks to escape his grief by traveling. When a chambermaid tells Mary about her mistress's garden, which her master locked up on her death,
...A parable of King Amor, which teaches that there is no time for anger, fear, or hate.
This audiobook makes a great bedtime (or anytime) tale.
CONTENTS: The story is divided into three parts. Part One is the story of the childhood of the heir to the throne, King Amor. Whisked away at birth to a deserted castle on a high mountain by his teacher the "Ancient One", King Amor learns of brotherhood with nature, the earth, and the sky. In Part Two,
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