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Originally Posted by ekbell
There is a essay My Robin (not Robin) which talks about the robin that inspired the one in The Secret Garden.
Having read some of her adult books I would say the extravagances are less due to the intended audience then the author. The children's books that she is best known for are restrained in comparison to her book Robin. I read The Secret Garden as a child and adult and felt I gained from doing so. I read Robin as an adult and felt it was a enjoyable waste of a few hours.
(One reviewer at Good Reads stated that Robin is absolutely sickeningly sentimental and utter bathos, the reviewer also gave it four stars. I happen to completely agree with both the evaluation and the rating. )
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I have both
My Robin and
Robin in a Delphi Classics collection so will have a look at those. Thanks for the lead.