When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle， everybody said she was the ugliest child they had ever seen. She always looked angry. Her face was yellow， because she had been born in India， and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father was very busy with his work in the Army， and her mother had been a great beauty who only liked to go to parties. Her mother had not wanted a little girl at all. When Mary was born， her mother handed her over to the care of an Ayah-an Indian woman whose job was to look after her. The Ayah was made to understand that if she wished to please the mother， she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible. So when Mary was a sick， fretful little baby， she was kept out of sight. Later， when she became a sick， fretful young child， she was still kept out of sight.

性格孤僻的小姑娘玛丽在父母双亡之后被送到一座笼罩着神秘气氛的庄园。空旷的庄园里有一个关闭了十年之久、连门也找不到了的秘密花园。小说就是以这座庄园为背景，描写了三个出身不同，性格迥异的孩子如何寻找秘密花园并使之复活，同时自己也在大自然的怀抱中摆脱了病态心理，变得生气勃勃了。小说充满童趣，悬念丛生，富有教益，是世界儿童文学史上的一部经典之作。

古老的庄园，奇妙的经历。一把钥匙打开的，不仅是秘密花园的大门，还开启了一段纯真的友谊。大自然中，隐藏着蓬勃生机，和无尽的成长秘密。

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，创作《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。

改编者简介：薄荷阅读编辑团队，由国内外专业英语编辑及二语习得专家组成，已出版改编著作50多部，深受广大英语学习爱好者的喜爱。

CHAPTER 1 No One Left
CHAPTER 2 Mistress Mary Quite Contrary
CHAPTER 3 Across The Moor
CHAPTER 4 Martha
CHAPTER 5 The Cry in The Corridor
CHAPTER 6 \"There Was Some One Crying-There Was！\"
CHAPTER 7 The Key of the Garden
CHAPTER 8 The Robin Who Showed the Way
CHAPTER 9 The Strangest House Any One Ever Lived In
CHAPTER 10 Dickon
CHAPTER 11 The Nest of the Mistle Thrush
CHAPTER 12 \"Might Have a Bit of Earth?\"
CHAPTER 13 \"I Am Colin\"
CHAPTER 14 A Young Rajah
CHAPTER 15 Nest Building
CHAPTER 16 \"I Wont！\" Said Mary
CHAPTER 17 A Tantrum
CHAPTER 18 \"Dont Waste Time\"
CHAPTER 19 \"It Has Come！\"
CHAPTER 20 \"I Shall Live Forever and Ever！\"
CHAPTER 21 Ben Weatherstaff
CHAPTER 22 When The Sun Went Down
CHAPTER 23 Magic
CHAPTER 24 \"Let Them Laugh\"
CHAPTER 25 The Curtain
CHAPTER 26 \"Its Mother！\"
CHAPTER 27 In The Garden