Little Lord Fauntleroy

An American boy remakes an English earl. That is the simple, devastating magic of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1886 masterpiece, which captured the world's heart and hasn't let go since. Seven-year-old Cedric Errol lives in cozy poverty in New York with his devoted young widow mother, known only to neighbors as "the pretty lady with the dear little boy." When a lawyer arrives with news that Cedric is the sole heir to an English earldom, the boy must cross an ocean to meet his grandfather: the cruel, isolated Earl of Dorincourt, whose family has been cursed by tragedy and coldness. What follows is one of literature's most tender battles: can a child's uncomplicated love crack a man's decades-old armor? Little Lord Fauntleroy became an instant sensation, spawning fashion trends and a landmark copyright lawsuit, but its power endures because it tells an eternal truth. Children read it now the same way Victorian readers did, with tears and hope. It is for anyone who believes in the radical possibility of kindness.