In comparison to A Little Princess the direction is more sombre and bleaker tone. The actual story and setting for both stories is also different with Mary having to help to her cousin, lead to have a passion and learn about her family's past. But there are differences as well: the main one being the central characters: Mary is a more selfish, spoiled character who has to learn to open up, show emotions, be kind and help her people whilst Sara in A Little Princess has to keep her imagination and kind spirit despite the hardships and lost she suffered. The Secret Garden does share similarities to A Little Princess, both feature young girls who grew up in India, have lost their parents in some form, both are forced to go to move to a foreign land, have to deal with an authoritarian figure, befriends a servant girl and there is a character who has a magical element to him. But Mary forms friendships with the servant girl Martha (Laura Crossley) and her brother Dickon (Andrew Knott) who has great animal taming abilities, discovers her aunt's secret garden and finds her 'sick' cousin Colin (Heydon Prowse). The Northern English manor is run by a harsh matriarch, Mrs Medlock (Maggie Smith) and limits Mary's access to most of the house. But after a massive Earthquake in India, Mary is orphan and sent back to England to live with her uncle. She is a spoiled brat who has her own personal servant, but is emotionally distance because she was neglected by her parents.
The Secret Garden sees Mary Lenox (Kate Maberly), a 10-year-old British girl who was born in India. The 1993 adaptation of The Secret Garden is one of two major adaptations of novels by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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