Classic·Gothic Fiction
Legends
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Step into the dark, haunting world of Spanish Romanticism with Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s legendary tales of ghosts and the supernatural.
Shared themes:Mystery
27 episodesDiscover
1911 · Complete work
The Secret Garden
A classic by
“A sour, orphaned girl discovers a locked sanctuary in the Yorkshire moors, where bruised hearts find miraculous new life.”
Following a sudden cholera outbreak in India, unloved and disagreeable Mary Lennox is sent to her reclusive uncle’s sprawling manor on the bleak Yorkshire moors. Amidst whistling winds and locked corridors, she stumbles upon a walled garden left abandoned for a decade. Driven by curiosity and a cheerful robin, Mary begins to unravel the estate's secrets, enlisting a local animal whisperer and her hidden, sickly cousin to help restore the forgotten Eden. Together, they discover the regenerative magic of earth, belonging, and hope.
45 Episodes · Classic
Complete work
Table of Contents
All Episodes (45)
Episode 01
~10 min
There Is No One Left
“She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression.”
1,902 words
Continue →
Episode 02
~8 min
Mistress Mary Quite Contrary · I
““Why don’t you put a heap of stones there and pretend it is a rockery?” he said.”
1,557 words
Read →
Episode 03
~6 min
Mistress Mary Quite Contrary · II
““Humph,” muttered Mrs. Medlock, staring at her queer, unresponsive little face.”
1,134 words
Read →
Episode 04
~7 min
Across the Moor
““Aye, that’s her,” answered Mrs. Medlock, speaking with a Yorkshire accent herself and jerking her head over her shoulder toward Mary.”
1,457 words
Read →
Episode 05
~10 min
Martha · I
““Aye, that I do,” answered Martha, cheerfully polishing away at the grate.”
2,060 words
Read →
Episode 06
~10 min
Martha · II
““I don’t know what it is to be hungry,” said Mary, with the indifference of ignorance.”
1,978 words
Read →
Episode 07
~6 min
Martha · III
““Will he always come when you call him?” she asked almost in a whisper.”
1,245 words
Read →
Episode 08
~11 min
The Cry in the Corridor
““It tastes nice today,” said Mary, feeling a little surprised herself.”
2,224 words
Read →
Episode 09
~11 min
“There Was Someone Crying—There Was!”
““What do you do in your cottage when it rains like this?” she asked Martha.”
2,264 words
Read →
Episode 10
~10 min
The Key to the Garden
““I thought perhaps it always rained or looked dark in England,” Mary said.”
1,985 words
Read →
Episode 11
~8 min
The Robin Who Showed the Way · I
“No one but herself ever seemed to come there, so she could walk slowly and look at the wall, or, rather, at the ivy growing on it.”
1,542 words
Read →
Episode 12
~6 min
The Robin Who Showed the Way · II
““Mother said I must tell you to keep out o’ doors as much as you could, even when it rains a bit, so as tha’ wrap up warm.””
1,176 words
Read →
Episode 13
~9 min
The Strangest House Anyone Ever Lived in · I
““I am the first person who has spoken in here for ten years.””
1,855 words
Read →
Episode 14
~6 min
The Strangest House Anyone Ever Lived in · II
““Mrs. Morrison gave me five shillings and Mrs. Medlock gave me some money from Mr. Craven.””
1,248 words
Read →
Episode 15
~11 min
Dickon · I
“She had no intention of going to sleep, and, in fact, she was becoming wider awake every day which passed at Misselthwaite.”
2,167 words
Read →
Episode 16
~8 min
Dickon · II
“He had a wide, red, curving mouth and his smile spread all over his face.”
1,564 words
Read →
Episode 17
~12 min
The Nest of the Missel Thrush
““We must talk low,” he said, “or someone’ll hear us an’ wonder what’s to do in here.””
2,447 words
Read →
Episode 18
~7 min
“Might I Have a Bit of Earth?” · I
““An’ his eyes is so round,” said Martha, a trifle doubtful.”
1,457 words
Read →
Episode 19
~6 min
“Might I Have a Bit of Earth?” · II
““I thought her rather bold to stop me on the moor, but she said—Mrs. Craven had been kind to her.””
1,112 words
Read →
Episode 20
~12 min
“I Am Colin” · I
“She did not cry, but she lay and hated the sound of the heavily beating rain, she hated the wind and its “wuthering.””
2,373 words
Read →
Episode 21
~9 min
“I Am Colin” · II
““Do you think you won’t live?” she asked, partly because she was curious and partly in hope of making him forget the garden.”
1,813 words
Read →
Episode 22
~10 min
A Young Rajah · I
““What’s the matter with thee?” she asked as soon as they sat down.”
2,061 words
Read →
Episode 23
~8 min
A Young Rajah · II
““I have never been there once, really,” said Mary suddenly remembering.”
1,616 words
Read →
Episode 24
~11 min
Nest Building · I
““You are a sly young one to listen and get out of your bed to go following things up like you did that night,” Mrs. Medlock said once.”
2,203 words
Read →
Episode 25
~9 min
Nest Building · II
““If we talk about him I can’t help looking at him,” Mary said as softly as possible.”
1,703 words
Read →
Episode 26
~12 min
“I Won’t!” Said Mary
““There’ll be apple blossoms an’ cherry blossoms overhead,” Dickon said, working away with all his might.”
2,358 words
Read →
Episode 27
~11 min
A Tantrum
““I’ll go out before breakfast and work with Dickon and then afterward—I believe—I’ll go to see him.””
2,279 words
Read →
Episode 28
~11 min
“Tha’ Munnot Waste No Time”
““No, I’ll go and see Colin first and tell him—I know what I’ll tell him,” with a sudden inspiration.”
2,187 words
Read →
Episode 29
~10 min
“It Has Come!” · I
““Those long spires of blue ones—we’ll have a lot of those,” Colin was announcing.”
1,993 words
Read →
Episode 30
~8 min
“It Has Come!” · II
“There was a great deal of joking about the unpopular young recluse who, as the cook said, “had found his master, and good for him.””
1,515 words
Read →
Episode 31
~7 min
“I Shall Live Forever—And Ever—And Ever!” · I
““Let’s hope they’re changing for the better, Mrs. Medlock,” he answered.”
1,432 words
Read →
Episode 32
~5 min
“I Shall Live Forever—And Ever—And Ever!” · II
““This is one of his good days, sir,” she said to Dr. Craven, who dropped in to inspect him.”
1,097 words
Read →
Episode 33
~9 min
Ben Weatherstaff · I
““Does tha’ think,” said Colin with dreamy carefulness, “as happen it was made loike this ’ere all o’ purpose for me?””
1,825 words
Read →
Episode 34
~7 min
Ben Weatherstaff · II
““When tha’ stops bein’ afraid tha’lt stand on ’em,” Dickon said with renewed cheer.”
1,428 words
Read →
Episode 35
~8 min
When the Sun Went Down
““I can stand,” he said, and his head was still held up and he said it quite grandly.”
1,608 words
Read →
Episode 36
~11 min
Magic · I
““So am I,” said Colin calmly, but not without an air of some satisfaction.”
2,265 words
Read →
Episode 37
~9 min
Magic · II
““Tha’rt a clever lad as well as a straight-legged one, Mester Colin,” he said.”
1,737 words
Read →
Episode 38
~11 min
“Let Them Laugh” · I
“In the company of his “creatures” he did wonders there and was never tired of doing them, it seemed.”
2,202 words
Read →
Episode 39
~9 min
“Let Them Laugh” · II
““I do wish,” Colin would say also, “I do wish the slices of ham were thicker, and one muffin each is not enough for anyone.””
1,710 words
Read →
Episode 40
~12 min
The Curtain
“Dickon always spoke it to the robin himself, so the queer gibberish he used when he spoke to humans did not matter in the least.”
2,388 words
Read →
Episode 41
~9 min
“It’s Mother!” · I
““It’s the Magic and—and Mrs. Sowerby’s buns and milk and things,” said Colin.”
1,719 words
Read →
Episode 42
~7 min
“It’s Mother!” · II
““Aye, for sure, dear lad,” she answered and she gave his shoulder a soft quick pat.”
1,323 words
Read →
1,915 words
Read →
Episode 44
~10 min
In the Garden · II
“He opened it, scarcely thinking of the writer, but the first words attracted his attention at once.”
1,915 words
Read →
Episode 45
~6 min
In the Garden · III
“And then the moment came, the uncontrollable moment when the sounds forgot to hush themselves.”
1,273 words
Read →
Stories sharing this atmosphere
Classic·Young adult fiction
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
An indomitable imagination transforms quiet Avonlea when a spirited, red-haired orphan girl arrives by mistake.
Shared themes:#childhood#nature
57 episodesDiscover
Series·Psychological Mystery
The Last Episode
Yara Rajná
Some cult shows are never cancelled. They're just waiting for their final episode.
Shared themes:Mystery
36 episodesDiscover
Public-domain work (1911). Text: Project Gutenberg #113. The Spanish version is an AI-assisted translation and may contain errors. Digital edition by Inkora Stories. Learn more