The Secret Garden with Kate Mosse

About this episode

Kate Mosse discusses Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, The Secret Garden, exploring themes of feminism and literature.

Bestselling author and founder of the Women's Prize Kate Mosse joins me this week to talk about Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 classic, The Secret Garden. We talk about pirate queens and little princesses, spiky girls and gardens, and how Kate chose who to include in her anthology. You can find Feminist History for Every Day of the Year, The Secret Garden and my own books at:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/acaseforbooks The podcast is produced by Adam Collier with artwork by Hester Kitchen.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Anna James

Guest: Kate Mosse

Topics covered

• literature
• classic books
• feminism
• anthology
• gardens

Keywords

• The Secret Garden
• Kate Mosse
• Frances Hodgson Burnett
• feminism
• literature
• anthology
• gardens
• classic books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast, uk.bookshop.org

Books & works: The Secret Garden, Feminist History for Every Day of the Year

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