The Classic Heroines Collection Boxed Set: Anne of Green Gables, Heidi, the Secret Garden - L. M. Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Anne of Green Gables , the first in a series of Anne books by Montgomery, was published in 1908 to immediate success and continues to be a perennial favorite. Johanna Louise Spyri (1827-1901) wrote more than 50 stories and books. But she is best known for Heidi , the story of an orphan who goes to live with her grandfather on the mountain. Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was a British novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-86), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).