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However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Age: 74 †
Born: 1849
Born: November 24
Died: 1924
Died: October 20
Dramaturge
Novelist
Playwright
Short Story Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Frances Eliza Hodgson
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett
Always
Grows
Never
Morning
Gardening
Forget
Mary
Felt
Began
Firsts
Garden
First
However
Many
Lived
Years
Grow

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