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Wonderland. Part 3, Frances Hodgson Burnett (continued), Noel Streatfeild / written, directed and produced by Adrian Munsey.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924.
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson.
- Streatfeild, Noel.
- Authors--Great Britain.
- Authors.
- Women authors--Great Britain.
- Women authors.
- English literature.
- Children's literature.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (49 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (continued), Noel Streatfeild
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Sphere-Abacus Films, 2022.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Frances Hodgson Burnett portrays the clearest example of a more perfect world is in The Secret Garden, where a pastoral world is created by children for their disabled friend. She herself grew up in the slums of Leeds in grinding and desperate poverty. Noel Streatfeild places young women at the centre of her writing. In books like Ballet Shoes, achievement and person al fulfilment is at the centre of the writing. This is more developed than in previous work. Though now controversial in her attitudes, Enid Blyton followed similar themes. Rudyard Kipling wrote the Just So Stories for his little daughter Josephine, as well as other world-famous children's stories like The Jungle Book and Kim. Kipling lost not only his much- loved daughter Josephine, but also his son John, effectively half blind and who died screaming at the Battle of Loos. Kenneth Grahame, creator of The Wind in the Willows, was overwhelmed with grief when his son aged 19 committed suicide by lying on the railway line between Didcot and Oxford. Grahame powerfully evoked the beauty of the River Thames in The Wind in the Willows.
- Participant:
- Narration, Anna Wilson Jones, Adrian Munsey.
- Notes:
- "Lewis Carroll to JRR Tolkein".
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 05, 2026).
- OCLC:
- 1594450505
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