Book Review of Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Name of Book: Little Lord Fauntleroy Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ISBN: 0-451-52559-0 Publisher: Signet Type of book: Lost Earl, America, England, cultural differences, secrets, 1800s, children's book Year it was published: 1886 Summary: 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 populac...