Frances Hodgson Burnett has written at least 96 books. Their most popular book is The Secret Garden with 639 saves with an average rating of 3.99⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Classics, and Young Adult.
hopeful, emotional, and lighthearted are their most common moods.
Frances Hodgson Burnett was best known as an English playwright and author. Frances Eliza Hodgson was born on November 24, 1849, at Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England, to Eliza Boond and Edwin Hodgson. She was the middle child of five, with two older brothers and two younger sisters.
Frances grew up in a comfortable home. Mr. Hodgson sold brass goods to upper class households, and the family had a maid, a nurse-maid, and a horse and carriage. However, in the early 1850's when Frances was only three or four years old, her father died of a stroke, and the family was forced to sell their house and move. Her mother carried on the business, and Frances was often left in the care of her grandmother, who taught her to read. Her future as a writer might have begun here.
When she was about sixteen, the family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. From then until she was nineteen, Frances supported them by selling her stories to magazines.
In September 1873, she married Swan Burnett. The couple moved to Paris for two years and had there two sons. In 1892, following the death her son Lionel from tuberculosis, Frances suffered severe depression. In 1898, she divorced Swan Burnett and remarried two years later; this second marriage only lasted a year.
Frances settled in Long Island, New York, where she lived for the rest of her life. She died in 1924 and rests in Roslyn Cemetery in Greenvale, New York, next to her other son, Vivian.
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A Lady of Quality is a 1-book series first released in 1896 with contributions by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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Emily Fox-Seton is a 0-book series first released in 1901 with contributions by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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The Head of the House of Coombe is a 1-book series first released in 1922 with contributions by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a 3-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1862 with contributions by Lewis Carroll, Book House, and 3 others.
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Weird Women is a 2-book series first released in 2020 .