【 LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY 】

Genre: Classic fiction
Audience: Adult
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Published: January 1885
Pages: 131 (paperback)

This was a very cheerful read and so much more than I had hoped for. It’s the first book by Frances Hodgson Burnett that I’ve read, but it’s got me very much so looking forward to reading her other work.

This is a sweet story, full of life, that follows a little (saint-like) boy called Cedric, who finds out that he’s to be the heir to his estranged uncle’s earldom.

The story is short, but it’s full of character and many quiet portrayals that question human nature and idea of being ‘good’. It’s a product of its time, for sure, but I did enjoy the wholesomeness of the book and am surprised I hadn’t heard anything of the book before acquiring a copy of it myself.

Highly recommend to the classic readers out there. If you think you might enjoy a story about a sweet, little boy who loves his mother very much, and who explores the world with a relentless positive attitude, then this is a book for you.

Title: Little Lord Fauntleroy
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Little curly-haired Cedric had no idea he looked like a young lord. For that matter, he had no idea what a lord was. His greatest friend was that cross, opinionated groceryman at the corner, Mr. Hobbs — who was never cross with him. One day while visiting Mr. Hobbs, Cedric was called to hurry home. There his eyes met those of a tall old gentleman, splendidly dressed, who rubbed his thin chin with one bony hand. He seemed not at all displeased with what he saw. “And so,” said the man at last, slowly, “and so — this is little Lord Fauntleroy!”