Snoozecast Presents: The Secret Garden

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the opening to "The Secret Garden",a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. During Burnett’s life, The Secret Garden was overlooked but the book has risen in prominence as more scholarly studies have been done on children’s literature. If you enjoy The Secret Garden, be sure to listen to "A Little Princes"s on Snoozecast, also written by Burnett.  — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the second part to "The Secret Garden",a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. In the first episode, we learn of the unloved and unloving Mary. When cholera breaks out, she is left all alone in the world. She is then sent from India to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven.  — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the third part to "The Secret Garden",a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. The most recent episode, part 2, aired April 29th, 2020. In the last episode, Mary and Mrs. Medlock take the train to Misselthwaite Manor. Mary sees the moor for the first time. It reminds her of the sea because of the sound of wind rushing across it. In the manor, she only meets her uncle Mr. Craven’s servants because Mr. Craven doesn’t care to see her.  She meets a young maid named Martha when she wakes up. Martha speaks in a Yorkshire dialect Mary has trouble understanding.This is where we will pick back up.  -- read by 'V' --

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the fourth part to "The Secret Garden", a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. In the last episode, little Mary and the maid Martha get acquainted.  They are both surprised by the other. Mary is shocked by Martha’s thick Yorkshire dialect and casual, direct manner. Martha is shocked that Mary is helpless to dress herself and is wasteful of eating good food, when her own numerous siblings may go hungry. Where we pick up, Martha has encouraged Mary to walk around outside. -- read by 'V'

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the next part to The Secret Garden, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus.  In the last episode, Martha the maid encourages Mary to explore the grounds and gardens of Misselthwaite Manor. Martha also lets Mary know there is a locked, walled garden that had belonged to Mr. Craven’s deceased wife. Mary finds a wall so covered in ivy that it doesn't seem to have a door at all. As she is searching, she meets the crusty old gardener Ben Weatherstaff, and his friend, a sweet little songbird of the Robin variety. -- read by 'V' --

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the next part to "The Secret Garden", a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. In the last episode, Mary spends a lot of time outdoors wandering around the gardens and moor. It begins to help her grow healthier and heartier. The maid Martha tells Mary the forbidden story of how Master Craven’s garden became “secret.” Mary also insists to Martha that she hears a child crying somewhere in the manor. Martha insists it’s just the roar of the wind playing tricks on her ears. — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. If you’d like to start from the beginning, the first episode aired March 9th, 2020. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary wanders the halls of the manor alone on a rainy day. She finds some interesting things, like old fashioned portraits of a girl that looks like her. She also finds a hidden hallway, and hears the sound of a child crying again. Mary gets caught by Mrs. Medlock and thus ended her investigations for the day. — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. If you’d like to start from the beginning, the first episode aired March 9th, 2020. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary realizes she is starting to like people and wonders if she could visit Martha’s family cottage. Also, Mary finds an old-fashioned key buried in the earth. — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary is having a fantastic time practicing with her skipping rope all over the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor, when she stumbles upon the secret garden." — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary and Martha write a letter to Martha’s brother Dickon, asking him to obtain some gardening supplies for Mary. Mary is hiding where exactly she plans to do her gardening. — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. Set in England, it is now one of Burnett's most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children's literature. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary interrogates old Ben Weatherstaff about gardening and in particular, the care of roses. We will pick up just after she stumbles upon Dickon, who is charming the woodland creatures with his flute. — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers.Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary and Dickon get to know each other. She brings him to help her with the secret garden. Dickon not only has a way with wild creatures, but also with plants. He teaches her how to learn if plants are “wick,” which means “alive” in his dialect. They both wonder at how the garden has been shut up for ten years, when it seems as if there has been some minimal maintenance done since then, according to Dickon. — read by 'V' —

We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers.Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. To unlock full episodes and ad-free listening of this series and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary decides that she has 5 people in the world she actually likes, now that she knows Dickon. She also counts 2 people that like her back, if she includes the robin. We will pick up at the tail end of her first meeting with Mr. Craven. He is the master of Misselthwaite Manor and Mary’s assigned guardian as he is her uncle. — read by 'V' —

Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911.  If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary discovers her cousin Colin, who is Mr. Craven’s secret son. He is the same age as Mary, often in pain and miserable from it. We will pick up during their first middle of the night conversation, in his dimly firelit bedroom.  — read by 'V' — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus!

Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911.  If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary continues her rainy midnight encounter with the mysterious boy Colin. Then she has an in-depth conversation with Martha about him as well. We will pick up during that discussion. — read by 'V' — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus!

Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary likens Colin to a young Rajah, a boy king she had encountered while in India, and nothing at all like Dickon. While they sit together Mrs. Medlock and Colin’s doctor, Dr. Craven comes in. Dr. Craven does not approve of Mary cheering Colin up. He seems to think Colin should stay ill and miserable. — read by V — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus!

Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, the robin is building a nest in the garden, and Mary and Dickon must keep very still, as though they themselves were trees, to avoid frightening him. Mary tells Dickon about her new friendship with Colin. Dickon is glad that he will no longer have to hide the fact of Colin from Mary, since he abhors keeping secrets. — read by V — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus!

Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes easily in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Colin wakes up the manor in the middle of the night with his “hysterics.” The staff look to Mistress Mary as the only one bold enough and suitable enough to help in the situation, so Mary is brought in to Colin’s room.  — read by V — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus!

Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary is the first to suggest to Colin that his illness is, perhaps, largely the work of his imagination. Colin offers that he will go out into the fresh air- if she and Dickon agree to accompany him. Mary does agree, and lulls him to sleep with another story of the secret garden. — read by V — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus!

Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Secret Garden”, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911. If you’d like to listen to this story’s episodes in order, go to snoozecast.com/series. In the last episode, Mary shares the full secret of the garden with Colin- that Dickon will come visit him tomorrow, that she has already been inside the garden itself, and that they will take him there as well.  — read by V — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus!