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Frances Hodgson Burnett

    24 de noviembre de 1849 – 29 de octubre de 1924

    Esta autora profundiza en las complejidades de las relaciones humanas y las vidas interiores de sus personajes. Sus obras son celebradas por sus agudas observaciones sobre las expectativas sociales y los dilemas morales. Con un ojo agudo para el detalle y una profunda comprensión de la naturaleza humana, crea narrativas que resuenan profundamente en los lectores. Su prosa distintiva se caracteriza por su elegancia y sofisticación, estableciéndola como una narradora magistral.

    Frances Hodgson Burnett
    A Little Princess
    The secret garden. A little princess. Little lord Fauntleroy
    Classic Starts (R): The Secret Garden
    The Lost Prince
    Little lord Fauntleroy
    El jardín secreto
    • "'El jardín secreto' es uno de los clásicos más populares de la literatura infantil de todos los tiempos, y a cien años de la muerte de su autora no ha perdido un ápice de su encanto. Cuenta la historia de Mary Lennox, una niña de clase alta en el Raj británico que queda huérfana y a cargo de su tío, el huraño y jorobado Archibald Craven. Tras mudarse a su mansión en el norte de Inglaterra, a la que rodea un inmenso páramo, Mary descubrirá la felicidad de las cosas sencillas, el poder del afecto y la bondad sinceros, la belleza que florece aun en medio del abandono, y la magia que, aunque está en todas las cosas, sólo se atrapa con perspicacia"_ Contracub.

      El jardín secreto
    • Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children's novel that made a huge impact on the 19th century public, shaping everything from boys' clothing fashions to copyright law. Cedric Errol is a generous, kind, and exemplary middle-class American boy who is suddenly found to be the heir of the Earl of Dorincourt. Saying loving goodbyes to his working-class friends, Cedric goes to England together with his mother to embrace his new fortune. His grandfather, the old earl, is a bitter old man ridden with gout and a foul temper, trusting no one. However the angelic boy elicits a profound transformation in the grandfather, which not only benefits the castle household but the whole populace of the earldom. If only the old man's heart would soften toward Cedric's estranged mother, the family would be healed at last. And when another potential heir to the earldom makes a claim, it seems that everything is lost.... But all things are possible through a child's innocent trust, true friendship, and unconditional love.

      Little lord Fauntleroy
    • A 12-year-old boy called Marco Loristan, is sent on a secret mission by his father, a Samavian patriot, to deliver an important message across Europe. The young man is joined by his neighborhood friend, The Rat, to embark on a history making journey. In Samavian legend, there was a kind and beloved prince called Ivor who held the people's favor. Despite their adoration, he had no desire to take the throne and suddenly disappeared never to be heard from again. Samavia suffered under cruel leadership, while many hoped for the Lost Prince to return. Years later, a boy called Marco and his father Stefan, prepare for a noble quest that requires the Bearer of the Sign to deliver a critical message. The Lost Prince is an exciting medieval tale full of mystery and fantasy. It's a rich story infused with tradition and heart, similar to Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy. It features classic fairytale elements that are fun, adventurous and captivating to the end. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Lost Prince is both modern and readable.

      The Lost Prince
    • Classic Starts (R): The Secret Garden

      • 160 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      When the newly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrives at her uncle's mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange to her. Then Mary hears of a mysterious, neglected garden. With the help of some new friends, she plans to uncover its secrets . . . and make it blossom once again.

      Classic Starts (R): The Secret Garden
    • A Little Princess

      • 224 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

      A Little Princess
    • The Puffin Classics

      Deluxe Collection

      • 8 volúmenes

      Black Beauty. Peter Pan. The Call of the Wild. The Wind in the Willows. The Adventures of Robin Hood. The Secret Garden. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Anne of Green Gables

      The Puffin Classics
    • An abridged adaptation of the classic story of the ten-year-old orphan who goes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors, where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden

      Stepping Stones
    • The Shuttle

      • 504 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      The Shuttle is about American heiresses marrying English aristocrats; by extension it is about the effect of American energy, dynamism and affluence on an effete and impoverished English ruling class. Sir Nigel Anstruthers crosses the Atlantic to look for a rich wife and returns with the daughter of an American millionaire, Rosalie Vanderpoel. He turns out to be a bully, a miser and a philanderer and virtually imprisons his wife in the house. Only when Rosalie's sister Bettina is grown up does it occur to her and her father that some sort of rescue expedition should take place. And the beautiful, kind and dynamic Bettina leaves for Europe to try and find out why Rosalie has, inexplicably, chosen to lose touch with her family. In the process she engages in a psychological war with Sir Nigel; meets and falls in love with another Englishman; and starts to use the Vanderpoel money to modernize ‘Stornham Court’. The book’s title refers to ships shuttling back and forth over the Atlantic (Frances Hodgson Burnett herself traveled between the two countries thirty-three times, something very unusual then).

      The Shuttle