Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett / Year: 1849-1924 / Genre: Drama 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.
