一、作者简介
弗朗西丝·伊莱扎·霍奇森于1849年11月24日出生在英国曼彻斯特，是家里的长女，家里有两个男孩和三个女孩。在她三岁时父亲去世后，霍奇森一家经历了严重的经济困难。当她还是个小女孩的时候，由于买不起合适的书写材料，她会在旧笔记本上潦草地写下小故事。1865年，弗朗西丝一家搬到田纳西州，住在一间小木屋里，十几岁的弗朗西丝开办了一所小学校。弗朗西丝·伊莱莎·霍奇斯顿(Frances Eliza Hodgsdon)开始向女性杂志投稿，在大多数女性还没有事业的时候，她却在文学上取得了成功。1873年，她嫁给了斯万·伯内特医生，他们生了两个儿子——出生于1874年的莱昂内尔和出生于1876年的维维安——但婚姻并不幸福。她的小儿子薇薇安(Vivian)想要一些小男孩们读的东西，于是弗朗西斯写了《小爵爷方特勒罗伊》(little Lord 方特勒罗伊)，并以他为原型塑造了主人公。1890年，悲剧发生了，她的大儿子莱昂内尔死于流感。弗朗西丝和斯旺分居，最终在1898年离婚，她又和斯蒂芬·汤森再婚。弗朗西斯于1901年搬到纽约长岛，在那里开始写她最著名的两个故事——《小公主》和《秘密花园》，灵感来自于她贫穷的童年和她对园艺的热爱。她年老的时候开始有些古怪，但喜欢她的孙辈。弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特于1924年10月29日去世。
Born in Manchester, England on November 24 1849, Frances Eliza Hodgson was the eldest daughter in
a family of two boys and three girls. After her father's death when she was three years old, the Hodgsdons experienced severe financial difficulties. As a young girl, she would scrawl little stories on sheets of old notebooks, as she was unable to afford proper writing materials. In 1865 the family moved to Tennessee where they lived in a log cabin and the teenage Frances set up a little school. She began submitting stories to women's magazines and in a time when most women did not have careers, Frances Eliza Hodgsdon was a literary success. In 1873 she married Dr. Swan Burnett and they had two sons -- Lionel, born 1874, and Vivian, born 1876 -- but the marriage was not a happy one. Her younger son, Vivian, asked for something for little boys to read, so Frances wrote "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and modeled the main character after him. In 1890 tragedy struck when her eldest son, Lionel,
died of influenza. Frances and Swan separated and finally divorced in 1898, and she went on to remarry Stephen Townshend. Frances moved to Long Island, New York in 1901 and there began to write her two most famous stories -- "A Little Princess" and "The Secret Garden", inspired by her poor childhood and her love for gardening. She began rather eccentric in her old age, but delighted in her grandchildren. Frances Hodgson Burnett died on 29 October 1924.
黑girl为什么解散二、故事简介
美国女作家弗兰西斯·H·伯内特的《秘密花园》（The Secret Garden），是一部百年来畅销不衰的经典，它被一代代孩子们不断重复阅读，是很多人童年时代记忆最深刻的一本书。故事主要讲述了一个在中失去父母的，搬到英国后重新获得幸福生活的故事。一场使性情怪戾的玛丽成了孤儿，她只得被送往远在英国约克郡的密素斯特庄园和姨父克莱文先生一起生活。克莱文先生伤心妻子之死，变得阴郁古怪消沉遁世，他的庄园里有上百间被锁闭的房间，有十年不许进入的秘密花园。玛丽意外地在的帮助下到这个秘密花园的大门和钥匙，并且，她还听到了一个神秘的哭声，吸引着她去之谜。
玛丽在迪肯的帮助下，使荒芜的花园重现生机。不久，被认为离死不远的庄园小主人科林也参与了进来。大自然的力量改变了一切，长年笼罩在阴霾之下的古老庄园及其主人也一同获得了新生。
The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was first published in its entirety in 1911. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.
This book brings together the three lonely children: Mary, who has no close family and is not fond of people; Colin, who is so full of hatred, self-pity and anger, and who is not even sure whether his father loves him, but is certain that he is going to die; and Dickon, who although constantly has a bright and sunny disposition,prefers the company of animals to people, until he meets Mary.
The Secret Garden is charming and wonderfully written, full of the right a mount of intrigue（兴趣）for children. It is considered to be the epitome（缩影）of children’s literature, it is still read and
loved by many children today, even though it’s over 100 years old.
三、人物简介
1、玛丽Mary
小说《秘密花园》的主人公玛丽是个印度出生的英国姑娘，她任性自私，10岁时的一场使她沦为孤儿。于是，她被送回英国约克郡的密素斯维特庄园，和姑父克雷文先生一起生活。在那里，她无意间闯人了一个禁闭已久的花园并在一个阴暗的房间里遇见了总想着自己会成驼背的表兄弟柯林。在农家小伙迪肯的帮助下，她决心把整个花园修葺一番并拯救长期卧床的柯林。在劳动过程中，玛丽逐渐体会到了与大自然接触的快乐，并慢慢变成了一个健康自信的女孩。同时，玛丽还积极鼓舞引导柯林，使他重新燃起对生活的希望。
The heroine of the novel "Secret Garden" is Mary, a self-willed Indian-born English girl who is orphaned by a cholera epidemic at the age of 10. She was sent back to Misthwaite Hall in Yorkshire, England, to live with her uncle, Mr Craven. There, she stumbles into a secret garden and meets her hu
nchbacked cousin Colin in a dark room. With the help of the farmer Deacon, she decides to repair the whole garden and save Colin who has been bedridden for a long time.In the process of labor, Mary gradually realized the joy of contact with nature, and gradually became a healthy and confident girl. At the same time, Mary also actively encouraged and guided Colin, so that he rekindled his hope for life.
2、迪肯Dickon
在小说中，迪肯陪伴着玛丽改造花园，积极引导玛丽健康成长。迪肯是个12岁的与众不同的农家小伙，熟悉沼泽地所有的花草与动物，沼泽地上的动物们都喜欢他。“他跟世界上任何一个人都不一样。他可以像印度土人驯蛇一样驯狐狸、麻雀和鸟，他在短笛上吹出非很轻的音调，它们就会跑来听。尽管他只是沼择地一个很不起眼的男孩，穿着打满补丁的衣服，长着一张滑稽的脸和一头乱糟糟的锈红头发，而身上却散发着欧石楠，青草和树叶的香味
In the novel, Dickon accompanies Mary to transform the garden and actively guides Mary to grow up healthily. Dickon was a different kind of farm boy of twelve. He knew all the flowers and animals of
the marshes, and all the marsh animals liked him."He was different from anyone else in the world.He can tame foxes, sparrows, and birds, as the natives tame snakes, and when he plays not very soft notes on the piccolo, they come to hear him. Even though he was a very ordinary boy in Zadeh, wearin
g patched clothes, with a funny face and a ruffled head of rust-red hair, he smelled of heather, grass and leaves
3、柯林Colin
柯林和玛丽同龄，但是他过去的十年都是在床上度过的，因为包括他父亲在内的所有的人都认为他会夭折，所以不让他出门甚至下床站立。他骨瘦如柴，吃的极少，什么都不合胃口，时不时会无缘无故大发脾气，一听到令他不快的话就开始歇斯底里地哭闹，直到精疲力尽，然后第二天就会发烧病倒。从未踏出房门半步的柯林认为新鲜空气会让他着凉死掉。后来，玛丽经常去柯林的房间给他讲述春天迷人的景象，使柯林梦想着有一天能亲自一睹春天的美景。终于有一天柯林下定决心在玛丽和迪肯的帮助下走出房间，走进花园的柯林立马被大自然的一切深深地吸引住，柯林像换了一个人似的，苍自的肤也开始起了变化。在自然中柯林一天比一天结实，他走的距离越来越长了。从来没有胃口的柯林开始常常喊饿，每天吃饭都把盘子舔得干干净净，总期待着火腿能够更厚一点，松饼能更大一只。柯林也很少发脾气了。他脑子里想的都是美好的事物。柯林如蜡般苍自的皮肤渐渐有了玫瑰般温暖的红润。他漂亮的眼睛清澈明亮，凹陷的面庞也丰润起来。头发柔软而又有生机，嘴唇也丰润起来，他完全从病症中恢复了过来，健康成长。
Colin was the same age as Mary, but he had spent the last ten years in bed, because everyone, includi
ng his father, thought he was going to die young, so he was not allowed to leave the house or even stand up.He was very thin, ate very little, had no appetite for anything, would lose his temper now and then for no reason at all, and would cry hysterically at anything that annoyed him until he was exhausted, and then he would fall ill with fever the next day. Colin, who had never stepped outside his house, thought the fresh air would cause him to catch cold and die. Later, Mary often went to Colin's room and told him about the wonderful sights of spring, which made Colin dream of seeing it for himself one day. Finally, one day
Colin made up his mind to walk out of the room with the help of Mary and Dickon. When he walked into the garden, Colin was deeply attracted by all the nature immediately. Colin was like a new man, and his skin color began to change.Every day in nature Colin became stronger and stronger, and he walked longer and longer distances.Colin, who had never had an appetite, began to complain that he was hungry. He licked his plate every day and always wished that the ham would be thicker or the muffins bigger. And Colin seldom lost his temper. His mind is full of beautiful things.Colin's waxy skin gradually took on a rosy glow.His fine eyes were clear and bright, and his sunken face was rich.His hair was soft and alive, his lips were plump, and he had completely recovered from his illness and was growing healthily.
四、情感价值观
在《秘密花园》这部小说里，作者伯内特以秘密花园的“复活”为衬托，细腻地刻画了玛丽、柯林、克莱文先生几位主要人物性格从孤癖痛苦到健康快乐所发生的巨大转变，旨在告诉我们在人生之路上，当面对挫折和痛苦时，要学会开启心灵的秘密花园，敞开心扉，微笑面对人生，战胜自己，战胜磨难。每个人都应该有乐观的生活态度，不要永远放弃自己。
《秘密花园》表现了人与自然的密切关系和高度一致性，表现了一个天人合一的主题。它是西方人对于人与自然关系长期探索、深刻反思的结果，具有丰富的文化内涵。
Mary is the leading character in the novel in my opinion, Mary is kind, bright and warm, she showed her courage when she began to change and she also showed up and brought light and hope to the son of his uncle- Collin, helping him defeat and recover from the illness.
The secret garden talks about friendship, determination and perseverance. It's filled with the passion and enthusiasm to life. The book tells us something about attitude to life. If you want your life full of successes, you must have a good attitude and good character. It is really a foreign masterpiece. I like the book because it has a happy ending-- Everyone finds their own secret garden in their heart.
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