![]() Mary and Colin are both physically and psychically transformed through working in the garden. The garden becomes a space of rejuvenation for the children. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906), The Secret Garden also explores an English turn-of-the-century interest in paganism and the occult, expressed through the book’s fascination with the Greek god Pan.ĭickon, who shares an affinity with animals and the natural world, is first introduced as he sits under a tree “playing on a rough wooden pipe” reminiscent of Pan’s flute. Like other Edwardian texts, such as Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (1908) and J. ![]() Eventually, she manages to draw Colin out of his room with the help of Dickon, and the garden helps him to recover his strength.īurnett draws upon the cultural connection between childhood and nature, highlighting Edwardian beliefs about the importance of the garden. ![]() When she died after an accident in the garden, her husband, Archibald, locked the door and buried the key.Īfter Mary unearths the key, she begins to work in this mysterious, overgrown garden along with Martha’s brother, Dickon. ![]() This walled garden had formerly belonged to Colin’s mother, Lilias Craven. The first edition of The Secret Garden, published in 1911. ![]()
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