Little Lord Fauntleroy 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.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 24 Kasım 1849 yılında Manchester'da dünyaya gelmiştir. Babasının ölümünün ardından 1865 yılında ABD'nin Knoxville kentine taşınmıştır. Amerikan gazetelerinde yazmaya başlamışt...