The novel centres on Mary Lennox, who is living in India with her wealthy British family.
Her uncle is rarely.
After a brief stay with the family of an English clergyman, she is sent to England to live with a widowed uncle, Archibald Craven, at his huge Yorkshire estate, Misselthwaite Manor.
When a cholera epidemic kills her parents and the servants, Mary is orphaned.
She is a selfish and disagreeable 10-year-old girl who has been spoiled by her servants and neglected by her unloving parents.
The novel centres on Mary Lennox, who is living in India with her wealthy British family