Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Burnett's blue plaque in central London

Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Image File history File links Frances_Burnett. ... Image File history File links Frances_Burnett. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2268x1512, 861 KB) Taken by . ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2268x1512, 861 KB) Taken by . ... A blue plaque showing information about The Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey in Torquay. ... is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Secret Garden (disambiguation). ... A Little Princess is a 1905 childrens novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. ... Little Lord Fauntleroy is a sentimental childrens novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, serialized in St. ...

Life and work

Born Frances Eliza Hodgson in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, her father died in 1854, and the family had to endure poverty and squalor in the Victorian slums of Manchester. Cheetham Hill is a district of Manchester, England located approximately 2 miles to the north of Manchester city centre. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ...

She emigrated to Knoxville, Tennessee in the United States in 1865. The move, which they made at the request of an uncle, made no difference to the family's poverty, but at least they were now living in a better environment. Following the death of her mother in 1867, an 18-year-old Frances was now the head of a family of four younger siblings. She turned to writing to support them all, with a first story published in Godey's Lady's Book in 1868. Soon after she was being published regularly in Godey's, Scribner's Monthly, Peterson's Ladies' Magazine and Harper's Bazaar. Her main writing talent was combining realistic detail of working-class life with a romantic plot. Knoxville redirects here. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... During the 19th century, Godeys Ladys Book was a popular United States magazine among women. ... Scribners Monthly was a magazine first published in 1870, merging with the second incarnation of Putnams Magazine, and was printed until 1881, when it was replaced by The Century Magazine. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Harpers & Queen. ...

She married Dr. Swan Burnett of Washington, D.C. in 1873. For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Her first novel was published in 1877; That Lass o' Lowrie's was a story of Lancashire life. 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

After moving with her husband to Washington, D.C., Burnett wrote the novels Haworth's (1879), Louisiana (1880), A Fair Barbarian (1881), and Through One Administration (1883), as well as a play, Esmeralda (1881), written with William Gillette. William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes William Hooker Gillette ( July 24, 1853, Hartford, Connecticut; April 29, 1937, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager; recognized as one of the greatest actors in the history of the United States. ...

In 1886 she published Little Lord Fauntleroy. It was originally intended as a children's book, but had a great appeal to mothers. It created a fashion of long curls (based on her son Vivian's) and velvet suits with lace collars (based on Oscar Wilde's attire). The book sold more than half a million copies. In 1888 she won a lawsuit in England over the dramatic rights to Little Lord Fauntleroy, establishing a precedent that was incorporated into British copyright law in 1911. Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Little Lord Fauntleroy is a sentimental childrens novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, serialized in St. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... For the toll-free telephone number see Toll-free telephone number Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The copyright symbol is used to give notice that a work is covered by copyright. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

In 1898 she divorced Dr. Burnett. She later re-married, this time to Stephen Townsend (1900), her business manager. Her second marriage would last less than two years, ending in 1902. Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Her later works include Sara Crewe (1888) - later rewritten as A Little Princess (1905); The Lady of Quality (1896) - considered one of the best of her plays; and The Secret Garden (1909), the children's novel for which she is probably best known today. The Lost Prince was published in 1915, and The Head of the House of Coombe was published in Canada in 1922. A Little Princess is a 1905 childrens novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. ... For other uses, see Secret Garden (disambiguation). ... The Lost Prince (novel) is a novel by British-American authoress Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1915. ...

In 1893 she published a memoir of her youth, The One I Knew Best of All. From the mid-1890s she lived mainly in England, and in particular at Great Maytham Hall (from 1897 to 1907) where she really did discover a secret garden, but in 1909 she moved back to the United States, after having become a U.S. citizen in 1905. Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... The walled gardens of Great Maytham Hall, Kent, England, provided the inspiration for one of the most famous of all books for children, The Secret Garden. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ...

After her first son Lionel's death of consumption in 1890, Burnett delved into spiritualism and apparently found this a great comfort in dealing with her grief (she had previously dabbled in Theosophy, and some of its concepts are worked into The Secret Garden, where a crippled boy thinks he can heal himself through positive thinking and affirmations). During World War I, Burnett put her beliefs about what happens after death into writing with her novella The White People. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or Tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... // By 1853, when the popular song Spirit Rappings was published, Spiritualism was an object of intense curiosity. ... Theosophy is a word and a concept known anciently, commonly understood in the modern era to describe the studies of religious philosophy and metaphysics originating with Helena Petrovna Blavatsky from the 1870s. ... Affirmations are a way to control your mind. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Frances Hodgson Burnett lived for the last 17 years of her life in Plandome, New York.^[1] She is buried in Roslyn Cemetery nearby, next to her son Vivian. A life-size effigy of Lionel stands at their feet. Plandome is a village located in Nassau County, New York. ... Roslyn Cemetery is a cemetery located in the village of Roslyn, in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. ...

References

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• Frances Hodgson Burnett at the Internet Movie Database
• Works by Frances Hodgson Burnett at Project Gutenberg
• Frances Hodgson Burnett Biography, photos, bibliography, e-texts and book covers
• Free audiobook of A Little Princess at Librivox
• Free audiobook of Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s Boarding School at Librivox
• Free audiobook of The Secret Garden at Librivox