Victorian / Edwardian · Children’s novel
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Frances Hodgson Burnett examining childhood, healing, class; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.
- Date
- 1911
- Origin
- Britain / United States
- Genre
- Children’s novel
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Frances Hodgson Burnett examining childhood, healing, class; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.