Little Lord Fauntleroy - Softcover

Hodgson Burnett, Frances

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934169234 ISBN 13: 9781934169230

Publisher: Norilana Books, 2006

Synopsis

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children's novel that made a huge impact on the 19th century public, shaping everything from boys' clothing fashions to copyright law.

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. Saying loving goodbyes to his working-class friends, Cedric goes to England together with his mother to embrace his new fortune. His grandfather, the old earl, is a bitter old man ridden with gout and a foul temper, trusting no one. However the angelic boy elicits a profound transformation in the grandfather, which not only benefits the castle household but the whole populace of the earldom.

If only the old man's heart would soften toward Cedric's estranged mother, the family would be healed at last. And when another potential heir to the earldom makes a claim, it seems that everything is lost....

But all things are possible through a child's innocent trust, true friendship, and unconditional love.

About this title

Review:

"The author of Little Lord Fauntleroy was the J.K. Rowling of her time" (Economist)

"Really, we can all learn a lot from little Lord Fauntleroy. So maybe we can forgive him the knickerbockers and the red stockings" (John Boyne)

Book Description:

If you loved The Secret Garden and A Little Princess meet Little Lord Fauntleroy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Norilana Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1934169234
• ISBN 13: 9781934169230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164