《秘密花園》是美國女作家弗朗西絲·霍奇森·伯內特的作品。故事講述了性情古怪孤僻的小女孩瑪麗・倫羅克斯的父母雙亡後，生活在姨父神秘陰沉的大房子裡，一次神奇的經歷，使瑪麗闖入久已禁閉且荒蕪的花園。瑪麗、農家小子狄肯和常年被關在陰暗房間裡病態的少爺柯林，找到了開啟快樂的鑰匙，和花園經歷了一次詩意的復活。
Young Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered little girl that no one likes. Mary is orphaned by an earthquake in India and sent to England to live with her uncle in a cold ancestral manor in Yorkshire. Mary's uncle is still mourning for his wife who died ten years ago. A resourceful and inquisitive girl, Mary soon makes two exciting discoveries. First she finds an overgrown secret garden, the favorite of her aunt. The garden has been locked up since her death. Second, Mary discovers that she has a cousin, Colin, a sickly boy who has been told he must remain in bed out of the daylight at all times. Mary and another new friend, Dickon, bring the garden back to life. They decide to bring Colin to see the garden. That fateful decision miraculously change all the people's lives.
The Secret Garden《秘密花園》 by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a graded reader designed for high-elementary learners of Chinese.
Publisher's description:
Li Ye grew up never knowing the love and affection of her parents. After an epidemic leaves her an orphan, Li Ye is sent off to live with her reclusive Uncle in his sprawling estate in Nanjing. She learns of a secret garden where no one has set foot in ten years. Li Ye finds the garden and slowly discovers the secrets of the manor. With the help of new friends, she brings the garden back to life, a decision that forever changes several lives.