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Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester, England, on November 24, 1849 as Francis Eliza Hodgson. After her father's death, the family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1865. Miss Hodgson began writing for magazines soon after. Her first short stories "Hearts and Diamonds" and "Miss Caruther's Engagement" were published in Godey's Lady's Book in 1868. Her first widely known work was a dialect story "Surly Tim's Trouble" which appeared in Scribner's Magazine in 1872.
Her reputation as a novelist was made with her story of Lancashire life, That Lass o' Lowrie's. A number of other works followed, with Through One Administration (1883) and A Lady of Quality among the most notable.
In 1886 she published Little Lord Fauntleroy, Her children's books, including The Secret Garden(1888> and Sara Crew (later rewritten to become: A Little Princess)(1909) are what she is best known for today, but her romance novels were very popular during her lifetime.
Frances married Dr. L. M. Burnett of Washington D.C. in 1873. In 1898 she divorced Dr. Burnett and married Mr. Stephen Townsend in 1900. This second marriage also came to an end in 1902. Frances became a US citizen in 1905. She died on October 29, 1924.

FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in Manchester in 1849. Some years after his farther's death, all her family moved to United States.
Her reputation as a novelist was made with her story of Lancashire life, That Lass o' Lowrie's (published in 1877), Burnett's first novel, which had been serialized in Scribner's. The book already showed her talent to portray realistic working-class scenes, mixed with a romantic and most improvable plot. Later on, she had other novels published, like Haworth's (1879), Louisiana (1880), A Fair Barbarian (1881), and Through One Administration (1883), as well as a play, Esmeralda (1881).
But all these books were not to be her most successful work. In 1886, she published Little Lord Fauntleroy, a children's book which fascinated mothers, for they began dressing their sons in velvet suit with lace collar, like the main character of this book.
Her later books include Sara Crew (1888), later rewritten as A Little Princess for drama, and her marvelous Secret Garden (1909). Both were children's books, and thanks to them, Burnett is quite well-known now-a-days.

法蘭西絲‧霍森‧柏納 (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
1849 年出生於英國的曼徹斯特。14歲時隨同母親移居至美國的田納西州。17歲時為了補貼家用而嘗試寫 作、投稿，以《小公爵方特洛伊》一書而聲名大噪，從此躋身暢銷書作家。一生中著有50部小說與故事集，以及七本劇作。代表作有《秘密花園》、《小公主》、 《小公爵方特洛伊》等等。

法蘭西絲擅長寫作通俗的言情小說以及兒童故事。書中常常流露感傷、浪漫的色彩，再加上充滿童趣的情節以及著重人性的光明與溫暖，使得她的著作不但老少咸宜，並常被改編為戲劇並搬上銀幕。

Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English–American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.


Life and work

Born Frances Eliza Hodgson in Manchester, England, she emigrated to Knoxville, Tennessee in the United States after the death of her father in 1864. The family lived in bad circumstances, since the promised support from a maternal uncle was nonexistent. Following the death of her mother, 18 year old Frances found herself the head of a family of four younger siblings. She turned to writing to support them all, with a first story published in Godey's Lady's Book in 1868. Soon after she was being published regularly in Godey's, Scribner's Monthly, Peterson's Ladies' Magazine and Harper's Bazaar. Her main writing talent was combining realistic detail of working-class life with a romantic plot.

She married Dr. Swan M. Burnett of Washington, D.C. in 1873.

Her first novel was published in 1877; That Lass o' Lowrie's was a story of Lancashire life.

After moving with her husband to Washington, D.C., Burnett wrote the novels Haworth's (1879), Louisiana (1880), A Fair Barbarian (1881), and Through One Administration (1883), as well as a play, Esmeralda (1881), written with William Gillette.

In 1886 she published Little Lord Fauntleroy. It was originally intended as a children's book, but had a great appeal to mothers. It created a fashion of long curls (based on her son Vivian's) and velvet suits with lace collars (based on Oscar Wilde's attire). The book sold more than half a million copies. In 1888 she won a lawsuit in England over the dramatic rights to Little Lord Fauntleroy, establishing a precedent that was incorporated into British copyright law in 1911.

In 1898 she divorced Dr. Burnett. She later re-married, this time to Stephen Townsend (1900), her business manager. Her second marriage would last less than two years, ending in 1902.

Her later works include Sara Crewe (1888) - later rewritten as A Little Princess (1905); The Lady of Quality (1896) - considered one of the best of her plays; and The Secret Garden (1909), the children's novel for which she is probably best known today. The Lost Prince was published in 1915.

In 1893 she published a memoir of her youth, The One I Knew Best of All. From the mid-1890s she lived mainly in England, but in 1909 she moved back to the United States, after having become a U.S. citizen in 1905.

After her first son Lionel's death of consumption in 1890, Burnett delved into spiritualism and apparently found this a great comfort in dealing with her grief (she had previously dabbled in Theosophy, and some of its concepts are worked into The Secret Garden, where a crippled boy thinks he can heal himself through positive thinking and affirmations). During World War I, Burnett put her beliefs about what happens after death into writing with her novella The White People.

Frances Hodgson Burnett died in Plandome, New York and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery nearby, next to her son Vivian. A life-size effigy of Lionel stands at their feet.