The Secret Garden
Her best-known and most enduring children's novel.
Author guide
Frances Hodgson Burnett Books in Order
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright whose prolific career included adult romance and historical fiction, children's novels and stories, memoir, nonfiction, and stage works. She is best known for Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.
children's literaturenovelromancehistorical fictionfantasyshort storiesplaymemoirnonfiction
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A Little Princess
A central children's classic and a substantially reworked successor to Sara Crewe.
That Lass o' Lowrie's
Her breakthrough adult novel and the starting point of her mature career.
Read in order
Books by series
linked-novels · complete
A Lady of Quality
A pair of related historical novels concerning the aristocratic world introduced in A Lady of Quality.
children-series · complete
Queen Crosspatch's Stories
A series of children's fantasy stories narrated by Queen Crosspatch.
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The Troubles of Queen Silver-Bell: As Told by Queen CrosspatchAmazon ↗Book 1 · children's-story · 1906
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Racketty-Packetty House: As Told by Queen CrosspatchAmazon ↗Book 2 · children's-story · 1906
- 3 The Cozy Lion: As Told by Queen CrosspatchAmazon ↗
Book 3 · children's-story · 1907
- 4 The Spring CleaningAmazon ↗
Book 4 · children's-story · 1908
novel-series · complete
The Head of the House of Coombe
A two-volume sequence following the characters and family introduced in The Head of the House of Coombe.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (27)
- That Lass o' Lowrie'sAmazon ↗
novel · 1877
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Theo: A Sprightly Love StoryAmazon ↗novel · 1877
- Dolly: A Love StoryAmazon ↗
novel · 1877
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Pretty Polly PembertonAmazon ↗novella · 1877
- Lindsay's LuckAmazon ↗
novella · 1878
- Kathleen: A Love StoryAmazon ↗
novel · 1878
- Miss CrespignyAmazon ↗
novella · 1878
- A Quiet LifeAmazon ↗
novella · 1878
- The Tide on the Moaning BarAmazon ↗
novella · 1878
- Our Neighbor OppositeAmazon ↗
novella · 1878
- Haworth'sAmazon ↗
novel · 1879
- Jarl's DaughterAmazon ↗
novella · 1879
- LouisianaAmazon ↗
novel · 1880
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A Fair BarbarianAmazon ↗novel · 1881
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Through One AdministrationAmazon ↗novel · 1883
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Little Lord FauntleroyAmazon ↗novel · 1886
- The Fortunes of Philippa FairfaxAmazon ↗
novel · 1888
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Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin'sAmazon ↗novella · 1888
- A Woman's Will; or, Miss DefargeAmazon ↗
novel · 1888
- The Pretty Sister of JoséAmazon ↗
novel · 1889
- The Drury Lane Boys' ClubAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1892
- In Connection with the De Willoughby ClaimAmazon ↗
novel · 1899
- In the Closed RoomAmazon ↗
novella · 1904
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The Dawn of a To-morrowAmazon ↗novella · 1906
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The ShuttleAmazon ↗novel · 1907
- T. TembaromAmazon ↗
novel · 1913
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The White PeopleAmazon ↗novella · 1917
Nonfiction (2)
Short fiction (2)
Children's books (13)
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Editha's Burglar: A Story for ChildrenAmazon ↗children's-story · 1888
- Giovanni and the Other: Children Who Have Made StoriesAmazon ↗
children's-story-collection · 1892
- Little Saint Elizabeth, and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
children's-story-collection · 1893
- The Captain's YoungestAmazon ↗
children's-story · 1894
- Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City BeautifulAmazon ↗
children's-novel · 1895
- Piccino and Other Child StoriesAmazon ↗
children's-story-collection · 1897
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The Land of the Blue FlowerAmazon ↗children's-novel · 1904
- A Little PrincessAmazon ↗
children's-novel · 1905
- The Good WolfAmazon ↗
children's-story · 1908
- Barty Crusoe and His Man SaturdayAmazon ↗
children's-novel · 1909
- The Secret GardenAmazon ↗
children's-novel · 1911
- The Lost PrinceAmazon ↗
children's-novel · 1915
- The Little Hunchback ZiaAmazon ↗
children's-novel · 1916
Plays (5)
Posthumous collections (1)
- In the GardenAmazon ↗
posthumous-collection · 1925