弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特（1849年-1924），一位影响了整个20世纪的英国女作家，是最早使用现代心理描写手法进行少儿文学创作的作家之一。出于曼彻斯特，你亲早逝，家境贫寒。16岁时，弗朗西丝随全家移民美国；18岁时，开始发表作品；28风时，出版了她的第一部畅销书《劳瑞家的闺女》；62岁时，他作了她最著名最成功的作品《秘密花园》，奠定了她在英国文学史上举足轻重的地位。此外还有代表作品《小公主》、《小少爷方特罗伊》等，广爱欧美国家青少年的喜爱，都是世界文学宝库中的经典著作。

美国女作家弗兰西斯·H·伯内特的《秘密花园》（The Secret Garden），是一部百年来畅销不衰的经典儿童小说，它被一代代孩子们不断重复阅读，是很多人童年时代记忆深刻的一本书。故事主要讲述了一个在霍乱中失去父母的印度小女孩，搬到英国后重新获得幸福生活的故事。一场霍乱使性情怪戾的玛丽成了孤儿，她只得被送往远在英国约克郡的密素斯特庄园和姨父克莱文先生一起生活。克莱文先生伤心妻子之死，变得阴郁古怪消沉遁世，他的庄园里有上百间被锁闭的房间，有十年不许人进入的秘密花园。玛丽意外地在知更鸟的帮助下找到这个秘密花园的大门和钥匙，并且，她还听到了一个神秘的哭声，吸引着她去探索庄园之谜。

玛丽在迪肯的帮助下，使荒芜的花园重现生机。不久，被认为离死不远的庄园小主人科林也参与了进来。大自然的力量改变了一切，长年笼罩在阴霾之下的古老庄园及其主人也一同获得了新生。

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was first published in its entirety in 1911. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.

This book brings together the three lonely children: Mary, who has no close family and is not fond of people; Colin, who is so full of hatred, self-pity and anger, and who is not even sure whether his father loves him, but is certain that he is going to die; and Dickon, who although constantly has a bright and sunny disposition, prefers the company of animals to people, until he meets Mary.

The Secret Garden is charming and wonderfully written, full of the right amount of intrigue for children. It is considered to be the epitome of children's literature, it is still read and loved by many children today, even though it's over 100 years old.