Publisher's Synopsis

Rediscover the favourite childhood classic.

***With a heartwarming introduction by Sophie Dahl***

What little girl can turn a whole household upside down and breathe new life back into a strange, old manor? The wonderfully contrary, strong-willed, angry, misunderstood Mary Lennox.


When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody says she is the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It is true, too. Mary is pale, spoilt and quite contrary. But she is also horribly lonely. Then one day she hears about a garden in the grounds of the Manor that has been kept locked and hidden for years.

And when a friendly robin helps Mary find the key, she discovers the most magical place anyone could imagine...

'The book is brim full of magic and joy' Sunday Telegraph

Book information

ISBN: 9780099572954
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage Children's Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.4
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 364
Weight: 256g
Height: 153mm
Width: 188mm
Spine width: 24mm