Little Lord Fauntleroy

The life of seven-year-old Cedric changes in a single day. Just recently, he lived with his mother in an immigrant neighborhood of New York and made friends with the grocer, but suddenly he found himself the sole heir of a noble English nobleman. The boy is forced to leave his familiar world behind and move to England to his grandfather, whom he has never known. At first, the proud and grumpy aristocrat was cautious about his grandson, but the kindness, humility, and openness of the newly minted Lord Fauntleroy can melt even the most hardened heart. Immediately after its release, «Little Lord Fauntleroy» became a bestseller; the book has been reissued multiple times, adapted for film, and staged in theatrical productions, and the image of the main character, created by Burnett, had a tremendous impact on the fashion of the American middle class at the end of the 19th century.