author

Frances Hodgson Burnett

1849–1924

Best known for The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, she wrote stories that mix hardship, hope, and a strong belief in the inner life of children. Her books have stayed beloved for generations because they are warm, vivid, and easy to return to at any age.

53 Audiobooks

A Lady of Quality Being a Most Curious, Hitherto Unknown History, as Related by Mr. Isaac Bickerstaff but Not Presented to the World of Fashion Through the Pages of The Tatler, and Now for the First Time Written Down

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Fair Barbarian

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Emily Fox-Seton : being The making of a marchioness and The methods of Lady Walderhurst

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Seth"

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Esmeralda

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Racketty-Packetty House, as Told by Queen Crosspatch

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Head of the House of Coombe

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The White People

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

T. Tembarom

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Lost Prince

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

My Robin

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Little Lord Fauntleroy

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Robin

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Little Lord Fauntleroy [abridged]: Für den Schulgebrauch bearbeitet

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Dawn of a To-morrow

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Shuttle

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Cozy Lion: As Told by Queen Crosspatch

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess: Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Kaunotar

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame"

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Haworth's

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Pikku prinsessa

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Louisiana

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Land of the Blue Flower

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Klorinda

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Vagabondia 1884

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Through One Administration

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Pikku lordi

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Salainen puutarha

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Surly Tim": A Lancashire Story

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Editha's Burglar: A Story for Children

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Lodusky

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The pretty sister of José 1889

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Prinssi Keijujalka

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Theo: A Sprightly Love Story

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

In the Closed Room

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

One Day At Arle

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Miss Crespigny

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Good Wolf

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Little Hunchback Zia

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mère Giraud's Little Daughter

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Piccino, and other child stories

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

About the author

Born in Manchester, England, in 1849, Frances Hodgson Burnett moved with her family to the United States as a teenager after her father's death and a period of financial struggle. She began writing at a young age to help support her family, and her early success in magazines led to a long career as a novelist and playwright.

She became famous on both sides of the Atlantic, writing for adults as well as children, but she is most often remembered for three classics: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911). Her fiction often brings together loss, resilience, kindness, and unexpected transformation, which helps explain why it has remained so widely read.

Burnett spent much of her life between England and the United States and died in 1924. More than a century later, her best-known books still speak to readers through their memorable young characters, emotional honesty, and sense that imagination can open the door to healing and change.