She sent her first story to a woman’s magazine, stating bluntly: “My object is remuneration.” Much like Louisa May Alcott before her, she did so more from a desire to support her family than out of any grand literary ambitions. There were parties and picnics, but also great struggles to earn enough money to keep the family afloat. Her girlhood, according to the biography of her life by Ann Thwaite, Waiting for the Party, had its ups and downs. Frances always showed an independent streak, was very clever, and had a knack for storytelling. He died when she was three, and the family’s fortunes plummeted.įrances’s mother took her and her siblings and emigrated to the U.S., settling in rural Tennessee. When she was born in England in 1840, she was one of five children in a household headed by a prosperous tradesman. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s own life reflected that theme. Victorian literature often had a rags-to-riches theme, or vice versa. with her mother and siblings when she was in her teens, and started publishing stories in magazines to help support her family.īurnett is best remembered as the author of The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, though her prolific output went far beyond these now-classic works. Frances Hodgson Burnett (Novem– October 29, 1924) was born in Cheetham, England.
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