Frances Hodgson Burnett was famous in her time for her adult novels and her forays into children's literature with "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and "A Little Princess". "The Secret Garden", her story of an orphan girl who moves from India to the Yorkshire countryside, has become a favourite book of every generation thereafter. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, the author of the definitive biography of Burnett, brings out aspects of Burnett's life that led her to write the book, details of Victorian England, attitudes towards children and Burnett's spiritual leanings. Gerzina captures the magical nature of the tale and the coming together of three children through restoring a hidden garden. With over one hundred illustrations, many in vibrant colour, "The Annotated Secret Garden" is an enchanting gift for any child or for any adult who is still a feisty child underneath.

弗朗西絲·霍奇森·伯內特（1849年-1924），一位影響瞭整個20世紀的英國女作傢，是最早使用現代心理描寫手法進行少兒文學創作的作傢之一。齣於曼徹斯特，你親早逝，傢境貧寒。16歲時，弗朗西絲隨全傢移民美國；18歲時，開始發錶作品；28風時，齣版瞭她的第一部暢銷書《勞瑞傢的閨女》；62歲時，他作瞭她最著名最成功的作品《秘密花園》，奠定瞭她在英國文學史上舉足輕重的地位。此外還有代錶作品《小公主》、《小少爺方特羅伊》等，廣愛歐美國傢青少年的喜愛，都是世界文學寶庫中的經典著作。