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Burnett, Frances (Eliza) Hodgson

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Burnett, Frances [Eliza] Hodgson (1849–1924), born in England, came to the U.S. (1865) and won her first success with That Lass o' Lowrie's (1877), a novel of the Lancashire coal mines. This was followed by romantic stories and novels, many of them for children, of which the most famous is Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), later dramatized with great success. She wrote a play, Esmeralda (1881), with William Gillette, and such novels as Sara Crewe (1888); Editha's Burglar (1888), dramatized by Augustus Thomas; The Shuttle (1907); A Fair Barbarian (1881); The Secret Garden (1911); and The White People (1917), dealing with the supernatural. The One I Knew the Best of All (1893) is an autobiography.

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett bərnĕt´ , 1849–1924, American author, b. Manchester, England. In 1865 she went to Knoxville, Tenn., with her family. She wrote several adult novels, but is famous for her children's books, particularly Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886; successfully dramatized by the author in 1888), Sara Crewe (1888), and the extremely popular The Secret Garden (1911), generally viewed as one of the most influential books in children's literature.

Bibliography: See biographies by A. Thwaite (1974) and G. H. Gerzina (2004).

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