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The story of a small, angelic boy from New York who is told he is the heir to an English earldom and is whisked away to the English countryside where he begins to win over his bad-tempered old grandfather. When the boy's identity is challenged, his old friends from New York come... Read Full Overview

"Compellingly readable."--Horn Book
A seven-year-old boy is transported from the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York to the splendor of his grandfather's English manor in this beloved classic of children's literature. Young Cedric is astonished to find himself... Read Full Overview

Cedric did not know that he looked like a young lord; he did not know what a lord was. His greatest friend was the groceryman at the corner-the cross groceryman, who was never cross to him. His name was Mr. Hobbs, and Cedric admired and respected him very much. He thought him... Read Full Overview

A nice version with 30 illustrations from the first edition and the 1913 release;

Little Lord Fauntleroy was Frances Hodgson Burnett's first children's novel published in 1886. The illustrations by Reginald B. Birch set fashion trends. In a shabby New... Read Full Overview

Complete and unabridged paperback edition.

First published in 1886

First published serially in "St. Nicholas Magazine" from 1885 to 1886, "Little Lord Fauntleroy" was the first children's book by the acclaimed English-American author Francis Hodgson Burnett, who would go on to write "A Little Princess" and "The Secret Garden". "Little Lord... Read Full Overview

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a novel by the English-American writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, her first children's novel. It was published as a serial in St. Nicholas Magazine from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's (the publisher of St. Nicholas) in 1886... Read Full Overview

Little Lord Fauntleroy was English-American writer Frances Hodgson Burnett's first children's novel.In a shabby New York City side street in the mid-1880s, young Cedric Errol lives with his mother in genteel poverty after the death of his father. One day, they receive... Read Full Overview

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a classic novel following the unexpected journey of a young boy from his working-class home to the halls of European royalty. Young Cedric is the long lost grandson of an Earl who's suddenly called to take his place among his rich relatives... Read Full Overview