A new edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale of redemption and renewal that continues to speak to modern readers 100 years after it first appeared.,Includes a fascinating introduction on the relationship between the book and the 19th-century genres of girls' stories, romances, the gothic, and the sensational, and examines the book's symbolic undercurrents.,The notes point out literary parallels and manuscript changes as well as glossing historical allusions and meanings.,Includes Burnett's essay, the companion-piece 'My Robin'.