The Secret Garden
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
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Chapter 1  Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27
Themes
All Themes Healing, Growth, and Nature The Power of Thought Childrearing and Friendship Secrets and Independence
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Mary Lennox Colin Craven Dickon Ben Weatherstaff Susan Sowerby / Mother Martha Mr. Archibald Craven Mrs. Craven The Robin Dr. Craven Mrs. Medlock Mary's Mother The London Doctor Mary’s Ayah Colin’s Nurse
Terms
All Terms Doxology
Symbols
All Symbols The Secret Garden Roses Mary's Pretend Garden
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Anthropomorphism Dialect Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone
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The Secret Garden

by

Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Doxology

A doxology is a short hymn praising God. While it's usually added to the end of other hymns, Ben Weatherstaff suggests that Colin use a classic Protestant doxology as a standalone hymn as Colin develops… read analysis of Doxology
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