Synopses & Reviews
Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden are bestsellers, but the lesser-known adult novel The Making of a Marchioness remains a much-loved favorite among many. Unjustly out of print for years, this neglected classic deserves its place alongside Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre.
Part one, the original Marchioness, is in the Cinderella tradition, while part two, called The Methods of Lady Walderhurst, is an absorbing melodrama—a realistic commentary on late-Victorian marriage.
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) grew up in Manchester. In 1886, Little Lord Fauntleroy was a huge popular success; from then on Burnett wrote for both children and adults.
Synopsis
Famous for The Secret Garden, Making of a Marchioness is often considered Burnett's best work.
About the Author
Frances Hodgson Barnett was born in 1849 in Manchester, England and in died in 1924 in Plandome, New York. In her lifetime, she wrote 55 titles, five of which were bestsellers. Thirteen stories and novels were adapted for the stage in England or America.