The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is available here as the complete text, split into 1116 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Khu vườn bí mật bị lãng quên và hành trình hồi sinh kỳ diệu qua tình yêu thiên nhiên, mở ra nguồn sống mới cho những tâm hồn cô đơn.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
The Secret Garden
Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.
1 of 1105 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
This edition of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #113, divided into 28 chapters and 1116 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
Where can I read The Secret Garden in full?
The complete text of The Secret Garden is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #113 and divided into 1116 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #113, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5579 sentences across 28 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is The Secret Garden divided for reading?
The Secret Garden is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Secret Garden as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1116 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 28 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
Can I hear The Secret Garden read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Secret Garden can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Secret Garden can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading The Secret Garden
Common questions about reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Secret Garden?
Yes. All 5579 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #113 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Secret Garden is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #113, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Secret Garden take to read?
About 464 minutes of reading across 1116 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Secret Garden section by section
How to work through The Secret Garden section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 28 chapters of The Secret Garden to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in The Secret Garden
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Secret Garden, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Lennox
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Secret Garden; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Misselthwaite
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Secret Garden; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Manor
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Secret Garden; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Uncle
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Secret Garden; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.