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.
性格孤僻的小姑娘瑪麗在父母雙亡之后被送到一座籠罩著神秘氣氛的莊園。空曠的莊園里有一個關閉了十年之久、連門也找不到了的秘密花園。小說就是以這座莊園為背景，描寫了三個出身不同，性格迥異的孩子如何尋找秘密花園并使之復活，同時自己也在大自然的懷抱中擺脫了病態心理，變得生氣勃勃了。小說充滿童趣，懸念叢生，富有教益，是世界兒童文學史上的一部經典之作。
古老的莊園，奇妙的經歷。一把鑰匙打開的，不僅是秘密花園的大門，還開啟了一段純真的友誼。大自然中，隱藏著蓬勃生機，和無盡的成長秘密。
弗朗西絲·霍奇森·伯內特（1849年-1924），一位影響了整個20世紀的英國女作家，是使用現代心理描寫手法進行少兒文學創作的作家之一。出于曼徹斯特，你親早逝，家境貧寒。16歲時，弗朗西絲隨全家移民美國；18歲時，開始發表作品；28風時，出版了她的第一部暢銷書《勞瑞家的閨女》；62歲時，創作《秘密花園》，奠定了她在英國文學史上舉足輕重的地位。此外還有代表作品《小公主》、《小少爺方特羅伊》等，廣愛歐美國家青少年的喜愛，都是世界文學寶庫中的經典著作。
改編者簡介：薄荷閱讀編輯團隊，由國內外專業英語編輯及二語習得專家組成，已出版改編著作50多部，深受廣大英語學習愛好者的喜愛。
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
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