The Secret Garden (annotated)

tone · Romantic; the narrator rhapsodizes about the landscape, the growing beauty of her characters, and the glorious effects of springtime. She also, as noted above, provides extensive quasi-philsophical commentary on the events of the novel, and speaks approvingly of her characters when they behave in a manner consonant with her worldview.

themes · The Omnipresence of Magic; The Relationship between Health and Outlook; The Relationship between Landscape and Human Well-Being; The Necessity of Human Companionship

motifs · Secrets; Parallel Lives Of Colin, Mary, and the Garden; Dickon as an Animal Charmer and "Yorkshire Angel"; the Garden of Eden