Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Her talent lay in combining realistic detail, including authentic accented dialog, with a romantic plot. She is best known for her childrens stories. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnett was an EnglishAmerican playwright and author. Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can find out more about the inspirations for the story and take the Little Lord Fauntleroy quiz! Wish the new Little Lord Fauntleroy good luck… What the old gentleman neglects to mention is that Ceddie’s grandfather is one of the most grumpy, grouchy, gouty and feared old men in all England. He had a beautiful face and a fine, strong, graceful figure he had a bright smile and a sweet. He must go to England to live with the Earl his grandfather and become a person he never knew he was: Little Lord Fauntleroy. By the beloved childrens author, Frances Hodgson Burnett. Cedric Errol is a generous, kind, and exemplary middle-class American boy who is suddenly found to be the heir of the Earl of Dorincourt. Ceddie, it turns out, is the child of a great English family. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved childrens novel that made a huge impact on the 19th century public, shaping everything from boys clothing fashions to copyright law. Ceddie is a regular little boy living in New York with his mother, until the day a tall, old gentleman arrives to give him some startling news.

Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett