Famous people and their quotes. Part eighty five.

                                                      Frances Hodgson Burnett.

“Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”

“Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.”

“Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2041.Frances_Hodgson_Burnett and

https://www.azquotes.com/author/2192-Frances_Hodgson_Burnett

Great people: Frances Hodgson Burnett.

 Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was born on November 14, 1849, in England. 

She wrote famous children’s books, such as: A Little Princess (1905), The Secret Garden (1911), Robin (1922), and etc.

Burnett was married and had two children.

Frances Hodgson Burnett died on October 29, 1924, in the USA.

Literature. Part thirty.

                                  The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Mary Lennox was a ten-year-old girl. She was alone and selfish. Mary's parents died, but she didn't worry about it.

Girl met with maid martha and her brother Dickon. Also, Mary met her cousin named Colin. He had serious health problems.

Children found a garden. So, together they care for it. Mary and her friends became better, as did the garden.

The novel describes a life in England at the end of XIX and beginning XX centuries.

There are many movies, cartoons, and plays based on this story.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/ru/image-vector/small-girl-holding-field-flower-wreath-372095329?src=PgdCQKHK7wjC2Krxbo2BXg-1-8

Literature. Part thirteen.

             A Little Princess by Frances Hodson Burnett.

Sara Crew is a seven-year-old girl who learns at school for girls. Her father Captain Crew was a wealthy person. School mistress is Miss Minchin. At the beginning she treated Sara well. But when Captain Crew died she sent a little girl to live in the attic.

A little princess was very shy in school. She has many difficulties. Despite it all Sara Crew remained kind and generous. Some girls were good friends for her.

At the end she found her rich relatives and became happy and wealth. She acquired the family.

Source of image:

http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?autocomplete_id=&language=fr&lang=fr&search_source=&safesearch=1&version=llv1&searchterm=a%20little%20princess&media_type=images&page=1&inline=230771545