Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) follows Cedric Errol, a genial New York boy who learns he is heir to the austere Earl of Dorincourt and crosses the Atlantic to recast an English estate by sheer kindness. In lucid, theatrically paced prose, Burnett fuses domestic realism with sentimental drama, using the child's moral charisma to interrogate class, charity, and authority. First serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine, the novel crystallized late-Victorian children's fiction and popularized the emblematic "Fauntleroy suit," binding innocence to spectacle. Frances Hodgson Burnett, Manchester-born and later American by emigration, wrote from early hardship and transatlantic experience, which animate Cedric's passage between democratic America and hierarchical England. A practiced novelist and playwright, she understood the theater of manners and the market for uplift; her observations of Gilded Age wealth and urban poverty ground the book's faith that benevolence can humanize privilege, while disciplined scene craft and bright dialogue explain its immediate, international success. Recommended to readers of children's classics, Victorianists, and students of transatlantic culture, this novel rewards attention to how narrative charm can recalibrate social ideals. Read it for brisk architecture, for its dramatization of philanthropy as performance, and for the still-provocative claim that character-not title-confers nobility. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright, best known for her stories for children. Her most famous children's novels are The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy.