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A lonely girl, a locked garden, and a hidden key. A gentle story of things growing back. Type the whole of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s book, chapter by chapter, free in your browser.
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When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression.Click to start typing
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How typing a book works
- Open The Secret Garden and start chapter 1, or choose any chapter. The text is the real book, a paragraph at a time.
- Type it as it is written: capitals, punctuation and all. Mistakes show in red, and the next word waits until you fix them.
- Every word earns coins for crates of collectable cards, and each finished chapter pays a bonus and arcade tickets.
- Stop whenever you like. Your place is kept to the paragraph, so you can read a little every day.
- Finish the book to earn its own title, “Keeper of the Garden”, and a cover banner for your profile.
Chapters
- 1There Is No One Left1,910 words
- 2Mistress Mary Quite Contrary2,709 words
- 3Across the Moor1,467 words
- 4Martha5,334 words
- 5The Cry in the Corridor2,249 words
- 6"There Was Some One Crying - There Was!"2,274 words
- 7The Key to the Garden1,991 words
- 8The Robin Who Showed the Way2,725 words
- 9The Strangest House Any One Ever Lived in3,125 words
- 10Dickon3,771 words
- 11The Nest of the Missel Thrush2,469 words
- 12"Might I Have a Bit of Earth?"2,606 words
…and 15 more chapters. Start at the beginning or pick any chapter in the game.
Questions
Is this the whole of The Secret Garden?
Yes. It is the complete text of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 book, which is in the public domain, split into its 27 chapters. Only the quotation marks and dashes are tidied so they are easy to type.
How long does it take to type The Secret Garden?
81,315 words takes about 34 hours at 40 words per minute, or 19 hours at 70. You can stop whenever you like: your place is saved, down to the paragraph.
Is it free?
Yes. You can start straight away as a guest. Sign in with Discord or Google if you want your place saved in the cloud and on every device.
Does it help my typing?
Real prose has capitals, punctuation and long words that word lists leave out, so typing a book is good practice for typing real things. The game tracks your speed and accuracy as you go.
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