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In the Closed Room edition by Frances Hodgson Burnett Literature Fiction eBooks
Frances Hodgson Burnett is known for not one but 3 beloved classics in children's literature: The Secret Garden,A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Those books are magic. Sadly, IN THE CLOSED ROOM is not.IN THE CLOSED ROOM is a short story that is so obvious and predictable it's best if I give no synopsis. Perhaps this kind of spooky story was new back when it was written several generations ago. So I acknowledge that I cannot pan the whole thing merely for its (now cliche) plot.
The prose, however, is spare. Burnett does not create a meaningful sense of time and place like she does in her longer work. There are no "characters" per se, rather more like anonymous, propped-up dolls.
Speaking of dolls, this is for higher end of the Doll Set: girls around ages 8-11, those who are ready for a spooky story but that's not too distressing. It is a mild story that could be told at a slumber party or around a campfire without causing nightmares or sending anyone home "early" (as in, the middle of the night; been there!) It has a definite generic feel, like you've heard it before as an Urban Myth - at your own slumber parties of your youth.
The illustrations of this edition are beautiful, though, and really stand out from the story on their own. They earn a star back.
As a "Beginner's Creepy Story" IN THE CLOSED ROOM works. But it's *not* a classic the way the other books mentioned are.
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In the Closed Room edition by Frances Hodgson Burnett Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
OMGSH! I did not expect that! Lol! Great read. I absolutely loved it! And recommend it as a quick fun read to everyone.
Nice short story !
Wonderful
This book is mysterious because it is so sweet, sad, and fanciful. 💓 💔 😇 😢 😰 😇 💔 💜
Creative short story or novella with unsatisfactory ending. I was expecting a fuller novel. Creative for its time of writing.
„In the Closed Room“ by Frances Hodgson Burnett was first published in 1904. It is relatively short, not exactly the length of a full book, but too long to be seen as a short story. The author probably intended the book originally to be for children (mainly girls) ; it is a ghost story, but never scary, and hardly surprising. Along with "The White People", the review for which you can also find on , it presents a different genre of the longer stories Frances H. Burnett was so famous for ("Little Lord Fauntleroy" and "The Secret Garden", more than any others).
Synopsis A little girl grows up with her parents in a working-class environment in New York, where housing conditions are unhealthy and the constant noise of the railway leading past their apartment provides the soundtrack to their everyday (and –night) lives. Nobody else seems to be much affected, but the girl is different all she longs for is peace and quiet, none of the rough games other children play are for her, and she even looks different from her parents; much more delicate.
One summer, the parents are offered a job as caretakers in a villa by the park. The villa’s owners have left New York because of some unspecified trouble having befallen them, and apparently left in such great haste that the house needs to be put in order. The family move into the spacious servants’ apartment in the basement, and while the husband still goes out to work every day, the wife and her little daughter explore the large, handsome rooms of the house and do the required work. They have access everywhere but one room on the top floor, The Closed Room.
Soon, the little girl starts wandering off on her own, discovering a house so beautiful as she has never seen before, and feeling very much at home in it. She even finds a friend in the house – another little girl, as delicate as herself, and they spend every day playing together. Her mother knows she need not worry; the little girl won’t break anything and always appears in time for her meals.
One evening after her usual playtime somewhere else in the house, the girl shows more than customary affection to her mother. But the next day does not appear to be any different… until the owner of the house makes an unexpected return. The secret of both the Closed Room and the little girl’s playmate are revealed.
I suppose you can pretty much guess the way the story goes without me telling you anymore. I enjoyed reading this in spite of the total lack of surprise; Burnett’s writing is of a quality that allows the reader to easily picture the places and people involved. The story itself is of a sad sweetness (I hesitate calling it bitter-sweet, because there is nothing bitter about it). I wouldn’t call it a “must read”, but it is certainly a nice read. It would be interesting to know how a 10-year-old girl today reacts to the story. I know I would have loved this story as a child.
This story's value lies not so much in plot--the author makes the endpoint clear from the outset---as in its evocation of the Edwardian mindset and its foreshadowing of themes, motifs, and character traits familiar to readers of Burnett's better-known fiction. Reflecting the era's fascination with the otherworld, "In the Closed Room" (1904) suggests that the boundary between the living and the dead is permeable. Like Sarah Crewe in "A Little Princess "(1905) and Mary Lennox in "The Secret Garden" (1911), Judith Foster knows she is a peculiar child, more alive and awake in the realm she invokes in her mind than in the courser, more palpable world that surrounds her. A full-length novel would have given the author more space to develop the characters, and the dialogue sometimes comes off as a bit unnatural. But this little novella trembles with the same atmosphere of secret friendships, secret places, and secret insights as Burnett's more famous works.
Frances Hodgson Burnett is known for not one but 3 beloved classics in children's literature The Secret Garden,A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Those books are magic. Sadly, IN THE CLOSED ROOM is not.
IN THE CLOSED ROOM is a short story that is so obvious and predictable it's best if I give no synopsis. Perhaps this kind of spooky story was new back when it was written several generations ago. So I acknowledge that I cannot pan the whole thing merely for its (now cliche) plot.
The prose, however, is spare. Burnett does not create a meaningful sense of time and place like she does in her longer work. There are no "characters" per se, rather more like anonymous, propped-up dolls.
Speaking of dolls, this is for higher end of the Doll Set girls around ages 8-11, those who are ready for a spooky story but that's not too distressing. It is a mild story that could be told at a slumber party or around a campfire without causing nightmares or sending anyone home "early" (as in, the middle of the night; been there!) It has a definite generic feel, like you've heard it before as an Urban Myth - at your own slumber parties of your youth.
The illustrations of this edition are beautiful, though, and really stand out from the story on their own. They earn a star back.
As a "Beginner's Creepy Story" IN THE CLOSED ROOM works. But it's *not* a classic the way the other books mentioned are.
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