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Mary Lennox starts her life as an unhappy victim of circumstance. After the loss of her parents, she moves to rural Yorkshire to live with a distant uncle where she resents the wildness of the countryside. At first, she struggles to find a place in this new existence. Although unsure about her surroundings and its occupants, through the gentle guidance of the maid she gradually becomes interested in the story of Mrs Craven, who apparently used to spend her time in a garden at the house, the key to which has vanished. 

After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no-one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is allowed to enter. Then Mary uncovers an old key in a flowerbed - and a gust of magic leads her to the hidden door. Slowly she turns the key and enters a world she could never have imagined.

Harriet Walter and Beryl Reid star in this full-cast adaptation of the much-loved children's classic. When spoilt young orphan Mary Lennox is brought back from India to live in her uncle's house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds the blunt ways of the staff at Misselthwaite Manor an unpleasant shock. Bored and miserable, it seems as though life in England will be awful. But Misselthwaite has hidden delights, and when Mary begins to discover them, nothing is the same again.

This is a collection meant to be cherished for a lifetime. Whether encountering these cherished tales for the first or the 50th time, listeners will find enchantment in this collection.

Mary Lennox, a sickly and contrary little girl, is orphaned to dim prospects in a gloomy English manor - her only friend is a bed-ridden boy named Colin whose prospects may be dimmer than hers. But when Mary finds the key to a Secret Garden, the magical powers of transformation fall within her reach. A beloved classic of children's literature The Secret Garden tells an inspirational tale of transformation and empowerment.

Mary, unloved and selfish, finds friendship and happiness helping her neurotic, invalid cousin become strong and healthy. Nature's powerful magic touches both children as they toil to revive their secret garden. The story alludes to some very modern themes including the ability of mental beliefs to create health, the strength of group optimism, and the restorative power of nature.

Mary Lennox nie należała do grzecznych dziewczynek. Od małego nie szanowała służby i była niemiła dla otoczenia. W wieku dziesięciu lat straciła rodziców i zmuszona była opuścić Indie, w których mieszkała. Przenosi się do angielskiej posiadłości wuja, która zdaje się pełna tajemnic. Początkowo Mary stara się zachowywać tak, jak w Indiach. Stopniowo jednak zmienia nastawienie zarówno do służby, jak i do swojego pobytu w Anglii. Pewnej nocy dziewczynka podąża za płaczącym głosem. Tak poznaje Colina, hipochondrycznego kuzyna.

Sara kommt aus Indien zurück nach England. In einem Internat soll sie so lange lernen und wohnen, bis ihr Vater aus Indien zurückkehrt und dort alle geschäftlichen Angelegenheiten geklärt hat. Saras Vater aber kommt nicht zurück. Er stirbt und hinterlässt eine Waise, die nur deshalb die schwere Zeit übersteht, weil sie so viel Fantasie hat und sich ausmalt, wie es ist, wenn ihr Leben wieder in geordneten Bahnen verläuft. Was sie nicht weiß, sie hat einen unbekannten Freund, der ihr hilft und zur Seite steht, damit sie wieder glücklich wird.

"Der kleine Lord" von Frances Hodgson Burnett ist ein Klassiker. Jahr für Jahr zur Weihnachtszeit rührt die Verfilmung mit Ricky Schroder und Sir Alec Guinness die Herzen der Fernsehzuschauer. Der achtjährige Ceddie, Erbe des Earls von Dorincourt, gewinnt in kurzer Zeit das Vertrauen seines verbitterten Großvaters und macht aus ihm einen lebensfrohen, mildtätigen Menschen. Dietmar Bärs Nacherzählung des Films wird unterstützt von der beindruckenden Filmmusik Allyn Fergusons.

Immer wieder rührend ist die Geschichte des kleinen Lords Fauntleroy, der als Amerikaner in die altehrwürdige Welt der englischen Oberschicht gerät - und sogar seinen Großvater, den knurrigen alten Grafen, für sich gewinnt. Die Original-Geschichte des TV-Klassikers - ungekürzt!

Here Frances Hodgson Burnett describes her delightful encounter with an English robin, who became the inspiration for Mary's little friend in The Secret Garden. Burnett's relationship with the robin, who frequently visits her outdoor writing desk in a rose garden in Kent, unfolds with affection and intimacy. "He was more than a robin," she writes, "He was a soul". 

Young Cedric lives with his widowed mother in New York. His late father was a British earl who had been disowned by his father for marrying an American. As all of the earl of Dorincourt's sons have now died, he begrudgingly looks to Cedric as his sole heir. While the earl soon comes to love the endearing little Cedric, conflict arises when a strange woman appears on the scene and insists that her son is the true heir. 

Renowned actress Julie Christie brings out the magic of this children's classic. 

"Il giardino segreto", di Frances Hodgson Burnett, pubblicato nel 1911, è un piccolo capolavoro della letteratura giovanile ma non solo, un racconto pervaso di magia, di mistero e di natura, dove i giovani personaggi compiono un percorso di trasformazione e di crescita che li porterà ad apprezzare la vita e le sue meraviglie. Fulcro del romanzo è la ricerca di un giardino segreto che la piccola protagonista Mary vuole mantenere nascosto e inviolato, un giardino che non deve essere profanato dagli adulti, metafora del nostro luogo più intimo e segreto: la nostra anima.

In ihrem Londoner Internat wird Sara, die Tochter eines englischen Offiziers, wegen ihres Reichtums wie eine Prinzessin behandelt. Doch als ihr Vater...

Since its first publication in 1885, Little Lord Fauntleroy has become a favorite with children. The move from New York to his ancestral castle comes as a shock to both Cedric and his new-found relatives, and while he comes to terms with aristocratic ways, they become more aware of compassion and social justice.

Part One is the story of the childhood of the heir to the throne, King Amor. In Part Two, King Amor grows into a tall, strong, handsome, and wise young man. He prepares for his coronation in the capitol city, and learns an important lesson that "There is no time for anger in the world".In the final part of the story, King Amor imparts his great wisdom to the wretchedly self-centered people of his kingdom, through the act of having each of them plant and nurture a rare blue flower.

There is a special magic in Mary and Dickon's discovery of the hidden garden which spreads its wonders to the invalid Colin. This recording was selected as a "Notable Children's Recording of 1988" by th eAmerican Library Association.

This is a short story about a shy, quiet little girl living in a big city. When her parents are offered the opportunity to take care of a house in the suburbs for the summer she meets another little girl in the house and they become playmates.

"A Little Princess" is a 1905 children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is a revised and expanded version of Burnett's 1888 serialized novel entitled "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School", which was published in St. Nicholas Magazine.