Secret Garden, The
February 9, 2010
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IMDB rating: 7.10 Plot: After losing her self-indulging parents in an earthquake, a bitter young girl named Mary Lennox is sent to live in England with her reclusive Uncle. Eventually she discovers her bedridden cousin and a ’secret garden’ that once belonged to her deceased aunt. With the help of her cousin, the kindly Dikon, and a little ‘magic’, can Mary find a way to bring love back to her family? |
Actors: Prowse Heydon,Knott Andrew,Lynch John,Sparrow Walter,Baker Frank,Moreton Peter,Spreckley Arthur,Bruce Colin,Singh Parsan,Drama,Family,
do you read certain books at particular times/ places/ events?
over the past ten years or so, i half unconsciously read certain books in particular places, or at particular times (winter/summer, or feeling sad etc), or in certain weather.
do you do this too?
i decided not to do it last year, and my january and feb felt weird without re-reading the kraken wakes, the triffids, the secret garden, and some others- through to the railway children. the books are initially quite bleak, but go through to the railway children, which is sad/happy. for some reason they link well one to another, and matched the weather; bleak, becoming brighter.
the easter holidays, when i usually go to cornwall, felt totally different without ‘the riddle of the sands’ being read by a beach somewhere (or looking out on a beach if its raining, which is generally is) and again this seemed to marry with the sea smells, rain, wind etc. and the summer felt wrong without the clark diaries (elder and son), which ive read each july or august for about 7 years- along with the richard hanny books by john buchan- 39 steps etc.
when really depressed and dont want to move, i hide in bed and read the enid blyton adventure series- the castle of adventure, valley of adventure, etc, and in winter i pig out on wodehouse and agatha christie.
so this year im going back to my set books for set times, weathers and places, and feel much better…
anyone else mark events and places with specific books?
or turn to the same ones to reflect your thoughts, or the weather?
When I go away I like to read fiction based in the locality in which I am staying, for example, if I am in the Lake District, I would read Arthur Ransome.
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