FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT Frances Eliza Hodgson was born on November 24, 1849, in Manchester, England, the third of Edwin Hodgson's and Eliza Boond's five children. Her father ran a prosperous firm, which specialized in the trade of decorative arts for the interiors of houses. At the time, Manchester was experiencing a textile boom, which infused the town with a rising middle-class, and because these families were erecting magnificent houses, Hodgson's merchandise was in demand. The prosperity of …showed first 75 words of 5813 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5813 total…y woman" had had a child at all. Upon first seeing Colin, Mary exclaims, almost identically, "I never knew [Master Craven] had a child!" DIFFERENCES Mary and Colin are very different to Dickon. At the beginning they hate the moor while Dickon loves it. They do not have any friends and Dickon is friend even of the animals. Mary and Colin are rich and sad though Dickon is poor but very happy.