Frances H Burnett

Cedric Errol and his mother had been living in poverty on the streets of New York City when they receive news that Cedric has inherited the title Lord Fauntleroy and is heir to the earldom and a huge estate.Plucked from the streets and taken to join the English elite the Earl sets about teaching young Cedric how to be part of the aristocracy. Will Cedric's good nature dull in this new environment, or will his goodness help to change those around him?Called the Harry Potter of its day due to the excitement of children waiting to read the next chapters this story has influenced plays, film, and television for over 100 years. This edition is complete and unabridged and contains all twenty-six original illustrations by Reginald B. Birch which set fashion trends at the time the novel was released.

This story is as familiar as you remember. Mary Lennox, a sullen and spoiled young orphan, is sent to live with her brooding uncle at gloomy Misselthwaite Manor. Discovering a hidden, neglected garden, Mary plants the seeds of new life for all those drawn into her secret refuge. A wonderful story of transformation.

Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern kommt Mary in das geheimnisvolle Haus ihres Onkels nach England. Dort erfährt sie von einem verschlossenen Garten, den seit zehn Jahren niemand betreten hat, und macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Schlüssel. Aber was sie findet, ist weitaus mehr als irgendein Garten! Gemeinsam mit ihrem Cousin Colin und ihrem Freund Dickon entdeckt sie eine Welt für sich, die nicht nur ihr Leben von Grund auf verändert! Seit beinahe hundert Jahren gehört Frances Hodgson Burnetts Klassiker zu den beliebtesten Werken der Kinderliteratur. Neben Inga Moores prachtvollen und zauberhaften Illustrationen macht die frische neue Übersetzung die Geschichte der zehnjährigen Mary Lennox zu einem unwiderstehlichen Genuss. "Man kann F. H. Burnett als die J. K. Rowling ihrer Zeit bezeichnen. Inga Moore verleiht dem Geheimen Garten mit liebevollen Details eine nostalgische, träumerische Stimmung." (The Times)

Sara Crewe - Or, What happened at Miss Minchin's is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Two Little Pilgrim's Progress - a story of the City Beautiful is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

This premium quality edition contains the complete and unabridged original classic version of The Secret Garden, printed on heavy, bright white paper in a large 6"x9" format, with page headers and a fully laminated full-color cover featuring an original design. Little Mary Lennox, raised in India by servants and left alone in the world after a cholera epidemic, is sent to live with an uncle she has never met in a nearly empty mansion on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. Spoiled and self-absorbed, Mary soon finds that the mansion is not so empty as it seems at first and gradually learns that world does not revolve around her, and is filled with wonderful living things and people who can become friends. Locked away behind a wall Mary discovers the Secret Garden, abandoned and neglected, and with the help of Dickon, a local boy as at home with the wildlife and plants of the moor as with the livestock and garden of his family's small farm, she begins to tend the garden. And as the garden begins to recover and bloom with the spring, so too does Mary, finding the meaning of friendship and the warmth of human companionship. The most remarkable transformation, though, is the change that comes over her cousin Colin, sickly and feeble, hidden away from the world in his private room and expecting death. First through the companionship, and later the friendship, of Mary, and then through the "magic" of the garden, Colin too learns that the world, and the people living in it, can be wondrous things. An inspirational and uplifting story, "The Secret Garden" is generally considered one the 100 best children's books, and imparts a message of the inherent power, and will, of all living things to thrive and the need for each individual to realize the importance and value of the natural world, and the people, around them.