The Secret Garden-a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnet
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● Cholera epidemic kills Mary’s parents and the servants ● Fall ⓐ The fall of man (the fall) - a term used in Christianity to describe the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience. - Although not named in the Bible, the doctrine of the fall comes from a biblical interpretation of Genesis chapter 3.
ⓑ The Falls
● Major themes: -Rejuvenation: Rejuvenation is a medical discipline focused on the practical reversal of the aging process.
-Sensibility
-Overcoming trauma: Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the mind that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event.
-Magical realism |
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Frances Hodgson Burnet
famous work: ▶ A Little Princess◀ click
▶A Little Princess (1995 film)◀ - Loosely based upon the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Don Quixote- a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Don Quixote- a Spanish gentleman of La Mancha Alonso Quijano ▶ He believes himself and acts as a knight-errant as described in various medieval books of chivalry, riding his horse Rocinante. Sancho Panza (Don Quixote's squire) ▶ He is uneducated and unable to read, but he knows numerous proverbs and rides a donkey.
⇨ The scene and the chunky figure as the role of a servant are similar to those in The Lord of the Rings.
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Influence |
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It had a major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (1844), Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) as well as the word "quixotic." |
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Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
-The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Google’s Mark Twain Birthday Logo - Google’s Mark Twain Birthday Logo Features Tom Sawyer Getting Out Of Painting That Fence.  |
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