Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett has written at least 132 books. Their most popular book is The Secret Garden with 1195 saves with an average rating of 4.04⭐.
Author Bio
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.
1865 • 1,195 Readers • 292 pages • 4
1905 • 389 Readers • 244 pages • 4.2
2008 • 48 Readers • 296 pages • 4
1915 • 11 Readers • 342 pages • 3.7
1906 • 11 Readers • 576 pages • 5
2 Weird Women
2020 • 10 Readers • 384 pages • 3.5
1888 • 10 Readers • 4.7
1905 • 10 Readers • 161 pages • 3.3
1911 • 8 Readers • 240 pages • 3.2
2021 • 7 Readers • 256 pages • 5
1911 • 7 Readers • 275 pages • 4.8
5 Readers • 3.5
1880 • 4 Readers • 74 pages • 3.5
1911 • 4 Readers • 388 pages • 3
1915 • 4 Readers • 528 pages
#1 of 2 in The Head of the House of Coombe
1922 • 4 Readers • 304 pages
2021 • 3 Readers • 192 pages • 4.3
1911 • 3 Readers • 358 pages
1911 • 3 Readers • 4.5
1911 • 3 Readers
1905 • 3 Readers • 284 pages • 4
2012 • 3 Readers • 3
1911 • 3 Readers • 279 pages • 5
1911 • 2 Readers • 216 pages • 4
1911 • 2 Readers • 187 pages
1905 • 2 Readers • 147 pages • 4
2012 • 2 Readers • 5
2023 • 2 Readers • 3.8
1 Reader
2007 • 1 Reader • 186 pages
2007 • 1 Reader • 64 pages
1906 • 1 Reader • 60 pages
2004 • 1 Reader • 154 pages • 5
1 Reader • 5
1 Reader
1905 • 1 Reader • 351 pages • 3
1905 • 1 Reader • 79 pages • 4
2005 • 1 Reader
2022 • 1 Reader • 15,557 pages
1 Reader
2014 • 1 Reader
1 Reader • 29 pages
1886 • 1 Reader • 320 pages • 3
1 Reader
1 Reader • 1 page • 5
1886 • 1 Reader
1905 • 1 Reader • 191 pages
1988 • 1 Reader
#1 of 1 in Emily Fox-Seton
1901 • 1 Reader • 261 pages
1911 • 1 Reader • 349 pages
1911 • 1 Reader • 225 pages
1911 • 1 Reader • 352 pages • 5
1940 • 1 Reader • 256 pages
1905 • 1 Reader • 77 pages • 4
1908 • 1 Reader
2013 • 1 Reader • 1,044 pages
1911 • 1 Reader • 280 pages • 3
1910 • 1 Reader • 281 pages
1911 • 1 Reader • 108 pages
1911 • 1 Reader • 90 pages
1877 • 1 Reader • 158 pages • 1
1885 • 1 Reader • 224 pages
1994 • 1 Reader • 72 pages
1911 • 1 Reader • 272 pages
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1922 • 1 Reader • 343 pages • 4
1905 • 1 Reader • 324 pages
2004 • 1 Reader • 2
1904 • 1 Reader • 3
2001 • 1 Reader • 4
1911 • 1 Reader • 136 pages
2007 • 1 Reader • 186 pages • 5
1911 • 1 Reader
2019 • 1 Reader • 568 pages
1 Reader
1877
1877 • 192 pages
2022 • 8,224 pages
2020 • 8,303 pages
2021 • 320 pages
2022 • 28,591 pages
2023 • 19,145 pages
2022 • 6,681 pages
1911
1911 • 280 pages
1911 • 99 pages
1888 • 79 pages
1961 • 128 pages
2015 • 351 pages
1905 • 104 pages
1911 • 304 pages
1994 • 113 pages
1908 • 76 pages
1973 • 50 pages
1994 • 216 pages
2019 • 1,268 pages
2019 • 507 pages