The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1911
83%of this book is inside a 1600-word core English vocabulary
81,241words in the book
4,943different words
2,956beyond the core
Ranked #8 of 32 — easiest first.
The words to learn first
The most common words in this book that fall outside the core vocabulary. Names are left out; these are the ones that actually repay learning before you start.
- th371×
- tha227×
- ever119×
- robin105×
- moor93×
- thee90×
- em75×
- sat71×
- shall69×
- stood69×
- nurse61×
- queer57×
- held43×
- lad43×
- sir43×
- alive40×
- brought40×
- aye39×
- ill39×
- sun37×
How it starts
When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another.
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