Best 2 Books By Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Best-2-Books-By-Frances-Hodgson-Burnett-The-Secret-Garden-A-Little-Princess-Frances-Eliza-Hodgson-was-the-daughter-of-ironmonger-Edwin-Hodgson,-who-died-three-years-after-her-birth,-and-his-wife-Eliza-Boond.-She-was-educated-at-The-Select-Seminary-for-Young-Ladies-and-Gentleman-until-the-age-of-fifteen,-at-which-point-the-family-ironmongery,-then-being-run-by-her-mother,-failed,-and-the-family-emigrated-to-Knoxville,-Tennessee.-Here-Hodgson-began-to-write,-in-order-to-supplement-the-family-income,-assuming-full-responsibility-for-the-family-upon-the-death-of-her-mother,-in-1870.-In-1872-she-married-Dr.-Swan-Burnett,-with-whom-she-had-two-sons,-Lionel-and-Vivian.-The-marriage-was-dissolved-in-1898.-In-1900-Burnett-married-actor-Stephen-Townsend-until-1902-when-they-got-divorced.-Following-her-great-success-as-a-novelist,-playwright,-and-children’s-author,-Burnett-maintained-homes-in-both-England-and-America,-traveling-back-and-forth-quite-frequently.-She-died-in-her-Long-Island,-New-York-home,-in-1924.Primarily-remembered-today-for-her-trio-of-classic-children’s-novels—Little-Lord-Fauntleroy-(1886),-A-Little-Princess-(1905),-and-The-Secret-Garden-(1911)—Burnett-was-also-a-popular-adult-novelist,-in-her-own-day,-publishing-romantic-stories-such-as-The-Making-of-a-Marchioness-(1901)-for-older-readers.