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  • Published: 21 October 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143106456
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $39.99

The Secret Garden (Illustrated Novel)




Sisterhood Classics - unforgettable novels by female writers

A Penguin Threads edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved classic

Published to coincide with the 2011 centennial of The Secret Garden's publication, this Penguin Threads edition of the classic children's tale includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe french flaps. Commissioned by award-winning Penguin art director Paul Buckley, the Penguin Threads series debuts with cover art by Jillian Tamaki for three gift-worthy Penguin Classics. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that will appeal to the Etsy(tm)-loving world of handmade crafts.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

  • Published: 21 October 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143106456
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $39.99

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About the author

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in Manchester in 1849. After living in poverty, she emigrated to the US in 1865. She wrote over forty books; the best-known today are The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy. She died in 1924.

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