The Secret Garden (version 3)
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Read by ashleighjane
When Mary Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her uncle in Misselthwaite Manor. Here she is treated much differently than she was in India - she is able to make friends with children her own age, one of these being her sickly cousin, Colin Craven (Introduction by ashleighjane) (7 hr 15 min)
Chapters
| There is No One Left | 10:34 | Read by ashleighjane |
| Mistress Mary Quite Contrary | 14:06 | Read by ashleighjane |
| Across the Moors | 7:37 | Read by ashleighjane |
| Martha | 27:28 | Read by ashleighjane |
| The Cry in the Corridor | 11:40 | Read by ashleighjane |
| "There Was Someone Crying - There Was!" | 11:46 | Read by ashleighjane |
| The Key to the Garden | 10:51 | Read by ashleighjane |
| The Robin Who Showed the Way | 14:32 | Read by ashleighjane |
| The Strangest House Any One Ever Lived In | 16:39 | Read by ashleighjane |
| Dickon | 20:45 | Read by ashleighjane |
| The Nest of the Missel Thrush | 13:32 | Read by ashleighjane |
| "Might I Have a Bit of Earth?" | 14:10 | Read by ashleighjane |
| "I am Colin" | 22:40 | Read by ashleighjane |
| A Young Rajah | 19:54 | Read by ashleighjane |
| Nest Building | 20:00 | Read by ashleighjane |
| "I Won't!" Said Mary | 12:01 | Read by ashleighjane |
| A Tantrum | 12:19 | Read by ashleighjane |
| ""Tha' Munnot Waste No Time" | 11:48 | Read by ashleighjane |
| "It Has Come!" | 18:30 | Read by ashleighjane |
| "I Shall Live Forever - and Ever - and Ever!" | 13:58 | Read by ashleighjane |
| Ben Weatherstaff | 18:43 | Read by ashleighjane |
| When the Sun Went Down | 9:36 | Read by ashleighjane |
| Magic | 22:32 | Read by ashleighjane |
| "Let Them Laugh" | 21:20 | Read by ashleighjane |
| The Curtain | 12:23 | Read by ashleighjane |
| "It's Mother!" | 17:06 | Read by ashleighjane |
| In the Garden | 29:01 | Read by ashleighjane |
Reviews
Beautiful story and superb reading
KofJBirds
I listen to this every spring. Love the reader's voice and presentation. Stands apart from most other librivox recordings I heard to date.
Amazing story, so inspirational
Simon M
This book and it's engaging reader brought tears of joy, smiles and laughter. What an experience.
Very Good
red
If you believe it to be, so shall it be.
A very happy tale! Loved this.
Annette
Makes much more sense than the films, and magnificent reader!
Bethany
Thank you for this wonderful reading. Just like with the recording of A Little Princess, I found myself equally as relaxed, comforted, and encouraged with this beautiful story. The author's bit of summary/moral/explanation given in the first part of the last chapter makes the whole story make sense. Something they couldn't do in the movie. And what a precious and beautiful commentary on MOTHERHOOD. All very sweet and moving. The reader does a accents wonderful job of switching back and forth between subtle differences in various British accents. Many bits and pieces of explanation throughout the book would have been lost on me had it not been for her marvelous interpretive skills! Had I attempted to read this myself rather than listen to this excellent reader, there would have been quite a few puzzling moments! A thousand thanks!💖
Great Story and A Learning Reader
A LibriVox Listener
The story is wonderful!! The reader isn’t the absolute best and perfect I’ve ever heard, but she does a pretty good job. There’s some background noise at times, sometimes she pauses/stutters. But not bad enough to switch readers!
A joyful story
Samantha Perry
This was a lovely story and the narration was exceptional. I wished it could have went on longer.
Couldn't Be Better Than This!!
N. K. Chia
The narrator read this classic children's tale perfectly! Loved it!!