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The Cry in the Corridor (The Secret Garden)

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About The Secret Garden

Burnett's beloved novel in Karen Savage's crystal-clear narration. Simple, warm prose at natural reading speed — an ideal first full-length listen after slow news English.

From "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett, read by Karen Savage — a community-favorite LibriVox recording in the public domain.

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