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My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.
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Birth: | 24th November, 1849 |
Death: | 29th October, 1924 |
Nationality: | American, British |
Profession: | Novelist, Playwright |
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England. She was an English-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden. She wrote other novels include: That lass o' Lowrie's, The Lost Prince, The Making of a Marchioness, The Shuttle, A Lady of Quality, The Head of the House of Coombe, Racketty-Packetty house, His Grace of Osmonde, The Annotated Secret Garden, Through one administration, and The White People. She wrote two plays including A Lady of Quality and A Little Princess.
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