Résultats de "Frances Hodgson Burnett" dans Toutes les catégories

Der siebenjährige Cedric treibt sich in New York am liebsten mit dem Gemüsehändler Mr. Hobbs und dem Schuhputzer Dick herum. Als seine über alles geliebte Mutter "Herzlieb" ihm mitteilt, dass er der letzte Enkel eines englischen Lords ist, beginnt für die kleine Frohnatur das Abenteuer seines Lebens. Im "Empire" ticken die Uhren etwas anders als in der "Neuen Welt", besonders wenn eines blaublütiger Großvater ein landesbekannter, kaltherziger Tyrann ist.

Im Jahr 1900: Der kleine Cedric lebt als Halbwaise mit seiner Mutter in New York. Sein Vater entstammte dem englischen Adel, aber er wurde enterbt, weil er ein "einfaches" Mädchen heiratete. Eines Tages meldet sich Cedrics Großvater, der Earl of Dorincourt, da sein Enkel der einzige Nachkomme seines Hauses ist. Cedric und seine Mutter ziehen nach England auf das Gut des knorrigen alten Mannes. Die Mutter aber muss in einem Gasthaus wohnen, während Cedric unter die Fittiche des Earls kommt. Durch seine positive Art erweicht Cedric schon bald das Herz des menschenscheuen Mannes.

Immer wieder rührend ist die Geschichte des kleinen Lords Fauntleroy, der als Amerikaner in die altehrwürdige Welt der englischen Oberschicht gerät - und sogar seinen Großvater, den knurrigen alten Grafen, für sich gewinnt. Die Original-Geschichte des TV-Klassikers - ungekürzt!

Ein Klassiker der Kinderliteratur - mitreißend und gefühlvoll gelesen von Iris Berben. Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern wird die verwöhnte Mary auf das abgelegene Landgut ihres Onkels geschickt. Das große Haus mit seinen zahlreichen verschlossenen Türen weckt bald ihre Neugier. Eines Tages findet sie den geheimen Zugang zu einem verwilderten Garten und beginnt ihn heimlich zu pflegen. Mary verändert sich, und auch ihr kränkelnder, tyrannischer Cousin Colin kann sich dem Bann des Gartens und dem Zauber der Freundschaft nicht verschließen.

"Der kleine Lord" von Frances Hodgson Burnett ist ein Klassiker. Jahr für Jahr zur Weihnachtszeit rührt die Verfilmung mit Ricky Schroder und Sir Alec Guinness die Herzen der Fernsehzuschauer. Der achtjährige Ceddie, Erbe des Earls von Dorincourt, gewinnt in kurzer Zeit das Vertrauen seines verbitterten Großvaters und macht aus ihm einen lebensfrohen, mildtätigen Menschen. Dietmar Bärs Nacherzählung des Films wird unterstützt von der beindruckenden Filmmusik Allyn Fergusons.

Spoiled yet neglected little Mary Lennox wakes up one day to the unimaginable. The grand home in India where she was born is deserted, the parents who largely ignored her have died, and the servants paid to indulge her have either died or fled due to the cholera epidemic sweeping the continent. She is shipped off to her uncle's manor in Yorkshire, and he too wants nothing to do with her. The discovery of a secret garden in the grounds, however, sets Mary off on an extraordinary path in this enchanting tale about the transformative and healing powers of nature, friendship and faith. 

The Harry Potter of it’s time! The book influenced fashion and other merchandise. The perfect rags to riches story. A gigantic hit. 

In this classic of English children's literature, an orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate.

Cedric Errol is a child living in poverty with his mother in New York City, when all of a sudden, his life is turned upside down. He learns that after the untimely deaths of several distant relatives, he is heir to an enormous estate in England and has inherited the title of Lord Fauntleroy. His grandfather, the earl of Dorincourt, asks that Cedric come to England and begin managing his estate but requires that he leave his mother behind.

Mary Lennox, a sickly and contrary little girl, is orphaned to dim prospects in a gloomy English manor - her only friend is a bed-ridden boy named Colin, whose prospects may be dimmer than hers. But when Mary finds the key to a secret garden, the magical powers of transformation fall within her reach.

One very special boy weaves some magic in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s sentimental favorite. When young Cedric Errol learns that he is actually a British lord and heir to an estate, his life is transformed. He leaves Boston for Dorincourt Castle to live with his uncle, the earl - a tyrant who’s loathed by one and all. Will Cedric succeed in melting his cold, cruel uncle’s heart?

Classic Starts: The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. The discovery of a neglected garden transforms the life of a sullen and unloved little girl-and everyone around her, too. When the newly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrives at her uncle's mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange to her. Then Mary hears of a mysterious garden where no one has set foot in 10 years. With the help of some new friends, she plans to uncover its secrets...and make it blossom once again.

Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father pampered and adored her. But ever since he died, leaving her alone and penniless, she's been caught in the cruel clutches of Miss Minchin, the headmistress at the Select Seminary for Young Ladies, where Sara once studied. But no matter how terrible things get, Sara always has her imagination and goodness of heart to carry her through. This timeless tale of a poor orphan has won children's hearts for a century - and continues to be a favorite.  

Brought from India to chilly, fog-bound London, Sara Crewe is enrolled as a pupil at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies. Her doting father, Captain Crewe, has provided her with fine clothes and luxuries fit for a princess and she attracts envious attention. But Sara soon wins friends with her kindness, taking the school's misfits under her wing, and telling them wonderful stories to cheer them up. Yet despite her best efforts, her spiteful classmate, Lavinia, and mean headmistress, Miss Minchin, remain determined to dislike her.

Living off crumbs in a dreary attic, Sara Crewe comforts herself with wondrous stories of adventure and fortune, and in the end the stories become true.  

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife 10 years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.    

Mary Lennox is a sad and sickly girl. She acts bitter to everyone around her and doesn’t mind that she doesn’t have friends; she doesn’t need them. When she moves to a dark, gloomy manor to live with her uncle, she has no interest in exploring her new home - until she learns that there is a secret locked garden somewhere on the grounds. 

This curated collection of children’s classics will take you on a journey through the bizarre world of Wonderland, into a long undiscovered secret garden and finally into the enchanted fairytale world of the Brothers Grimm. These classic children’s stories are read by actress and author Jane Asher, Shakespearean actor Sir Michael Horden and Academy Award winners Glenda Jackson and Sir Ben Kingsley.

After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent to live in the remote Yorkshire countryside with her rarely seen uncle. With no one to play with, she resents the landscape and the gloomy house. But then she discovers a key which unlocks the hidden door to a secret garden. Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson captures the magic of the story that has been adored by adults and children alike for generations.

The orphaned Mary Lennox is sullen, ill tempered, and unloved when she's sent to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven. A man consumed by grief over the death of his wife, Archibald has allowed his sprawling estate on the moors to fall into grim disrepair. It's when Mary begins tending to her late aunt's mysterious garden - locked up and neglected for years - that she discovers its life-changing secrets and a flowering rejuvenation of the human spirit.