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I know this book wouldn't seem at the first glance for a boy who wants to read a book about "kids like us", but its universal impact on kids would be priceless. Highly recommended, even for more mature audience if you compare this with 2 other books. This is pretty terrible. View all 3 comments. Nov 24, Edith rated it it was amazing Shelves: , most-magical-childrens-books. Another gem from one of my all time favorite authors. I absolutely love this book.

This long standing children's classic story is another from "Mrs Burnett" that has totally stood the test of time. While the rags to riches story is almost a cliche today, in this story it is well enough done to be fresh and interesting, even to the most jaded 21st century palate. It is almost the prototype, so, while there are no unexpected twists in the story and no one truly can doubt the ending, the journey there is as comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable as sinking into a well loved comfy so This long standing children's classic story is another from "Mrs Burnett" that has totally stood the test of time.

It is almost the prototype, so, while there are no unexpected twists in the story and no one truly can doubt the ending, the journey there is as comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable as sinking into a well loved comfy sofa. Most people who like books written historically and who enjoy children's novels should enjoy this one, I think however there may be a few things one has to accept and Little lord Fauntleroy himself, I suspect, is likely to be the sticking point for some modern readers.

Cedric Errol is an unbelievably sweet, good and loving seven year old without any vice in a way that I think is unbelievable in the extreme.

This level of romanticised childhood is very historically correct for the Victorian era in which it was written and even more so for the Edwardian era which followed. This is the only one of the authors three best known children's books in which part of the story is set in America and which mentions the tensions between the two nations. The American portion was well written, as you would expect from the Author, who herself lived in America.

As a historical read it is light but fascinating. The brief mentions of the sailing ship which brought Cedric and his mother to England, the estate his grandfather owned and the power he has over his lands and tenants is interesting to people who like that sort of thing.

As I do, I always enjoy re-reading this one. Jun 05, Gayathri rated it it was ok Shelves: reviewed , classic , fiction , e-books , , children , penguin-classics Read the full review at Elgee Writes This rags to riches children classics revolves around Cedric and his family. His mother and the seven year old Cedric are one of those nice, kind and goody good people who barely make their ends meet in New York City.

He is found to the inheritor to earldom in England and his newly found grandfather invites them back home. The grumpy, stubborn Earl already dislikes them even before he meets them. How the charming boy turns the misanthropic grandfather around fo Read the full review at Elgee Writes This rags to riches children classics revolves around Cedric and his family.

How the charming boy turns the misanthropic grandfather around forms the rest of the story. Despite that, I enjoyed this book and it would still be suitable for kids even in the current age. Blog Facebook Twitter Amazon I read this for a reading challenge. I was alternately feeling charmed and then revolted by this child.

A large part of me felt I would instantly dislike such a paragon. Jul 31, Kathleen Dixon rated it did not like it Shelves: didn-t-finish , children-s. I put this aside for a while and find a month and a half later that I have no interest in returning to it.

Just not my thing - I can't blame it on the author's writing style because I love The Secret Garden , but I've never known an angelic child don't get me wrong, I adore my grandchildren, but they have their naughty moments like every other child I've ever known and just can't feel any sense of reality in the few pages I read. Jul 06, Emily rated it it was ok Shelves: already-read. This is most certainly a Burnett book, with its theme of pure, innocent goodness overcoming greed and maliciousness not to mention the theme of beauty being associated with goodness.

For the first couple of chapters, I really thought that I wasn't going to like this one. I still don't think it holds a candle to "The Secret Garden," or even "A Little Princess," but it did grow on me a bit. I have a couple of complaints: 1.

Maybe this is my own sexism rearing its ugly head, but I did not enjoy re This is most certainly a Burnett book, with its theme of pure, innocent goodness overcoming greed and maliciousness not to mention the theme of beauty being associated with goodness.

Maybe this is my own sexism rearing its ugly head, but I did not enjoy reading about a boy as much as I enjoyed reading the girl stories.

I know its the point of the story, but I really felt like he was just TOO good. I put up with the same kind of irritating perfection from Sara Crewe in "A Little Princess," but for some reason it grated on me more here. Something about the way he always calls his mother "Dearest. I did not care for the way Burnett wrote the American dialect. I don't usually have trouble getting a voice to speak clearly in my head, but I couldn't get my mind wrapped around this one.

It kept feeling more British to me than New York. Perhaps those are my own limitations, but for me it was ultimately a distraction from the narrative. I'm pretty certain that I can't do justice to this book. My attempt at a review is sure to be blithely.

So how about using these words to get my thoughts across: Wonderful. Entirely lovely. Fond literary moments. Impeccable characters that you truly adore and really wish you could meet in real life; like warm-hearted little Ceddie Pages fu I'm pretty certain that I can't do justice to this book. Pages full of ooey gooey kindheartedness and sweetness.

A story-line that quickly captures your heart and startles you with it's abrupt plot twist. But now you're thinking, "This isn't blithely. This is over the top. It's just really hard to write a well-deserving, believable review. And what I'm telling you is the whole truth and nothing but.

Wine is mentioned. Romance Related - 2 Incidents: The word "breast" is used two times, indicating "chest. Parent Takeaway An incredibly well mannered boy is able to win over his grandfather's heart through his love, kindness and generosity towards others. A great book to show the best of character!

Then you should follow me! Because I have hundreds more just like this one. So Follow or Friend me here on GoodReads! Aug 23, Akemi G rated it it was amazing Shelves: read-fiction , kid-lit. A classic story in which the good wins in the end. Ah, how predictable! And I'm usually against predictable plots -- I typically don't even finish the book when the plot becomes so predictable and this happens quite often, unfortunately.

Then why 5 stars? Because I remember I enjoyed it as a child. I think small children enjoy predictability as well as surprises. Or perhaps it's not so predictable for them. I really wanted Cedric to prevail. I really wanted his grandfather, who I could see was A classic story in which the good wins in the end. I really wanted his grandfather, who I could see was a good person despite his stubbornness, to make peace with his mother.

The story successfully engaged me and won my support. Rating and reviewing children's books has an innate problem. We are not the targeted audience anymore. And I strongly believe we want to give kids the books that they truly enjoy, rather than books we think are good for them. We can introduce "good" books to them to see how they respond, but ultimately, their preference matters more. So if your child doesn't like this, or any book, don't force them to like it. Like dating, there is an issue of chemistry.

On the other hand, don't write this off because it's old. Your kid might enjoy it. I consulted my inner child and she says yes to this book. There is always something endearing when a child with all his innocence penetrates the crusty hearts of the adults around him. Shelves: ophelia-s-library , fictions-others. I love it. But if you're wondering why I gave it three stars. Somehow, Burnett's works have a pattern of their own and you'd know at the end everything will be alright.

A happy ending. Mari berburu buku-buku Frances Hodgson Burnett :D View all 22 comments. Nov 28, Clare rated it it was amazing. One of my most favorite books ever, and I'm not sure why I just found it to be a very sweet story, and one I would recommend. If anything, it's because Fauntleroy is so much fun to say. Go on, say it! Apr 11, Nour Chafaa rated it it was amazing Shelves: classique , childrens-literature. What a delightful little boy!! The story telling in this book is such a blast of kindness and warmth I pray God to give me a boy like little lord Fauntleroy one day.

I had read two other works by the same author. The main protagonists in these two works were girls and in the book in review the main character is a boy. I think this was a book intended for the small boys. But then children's literature always comes with its own charm. I was truly amused by the simple story in which a small boy from the poor quarters of New York suddenly finds himself to be an inheritor of earldom in England.

He is transferred t I had read two other works by the same author. He is transferred to England and is to be trained in nobility by none other than the old Earl, the boy's grandfather. Two contrasting characters meet - the old and young; the selfish and the generous; the grumpy and the charming; the mistrusting and the trusting, The small boy works wonders in transforming the old man. Don't have an account? Sign in via your Institution. You could not be signed in, please check and try again.

Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Novel by Frances H. Burnett, published in and dramatized by the author in Subjects: Literature. Authors Frances Hodgson Burnett — children's writer and novelist. All rights reserved. Sign in to annotate. Delete Cancel Save. Yesterday, Monday July 8, was the day of the great prize fight between Sullivan and Kilrain for the championship of the world.

Sullivan knocked out Kilrain in seventy two rounds. I suppose you do not care for prize fights, but you can tell Vivian about it. After a summer of accompanying Dearest to stately affairs where he was sometimes required to hand a bouquet to a duchess, Vivian returned alone to Washington.

His capacity for enthusiasm was now directed to tennis and football, and to valiant efforts to learn Greek and avoid flunking geometry. When he and Lionel took up experiments in electricity, which turned even the doormat into a burglar alarm, Mrs. Burnett sent the requested scientific books from abroad. She also supplied the funds for their basement printing press, which was operated busily until its proprietors were felled by the epidemic of grippe.

Burnett was herself convalescing from a nearly disastrous carriage accident caused by a fractious horse when word came that Lionel was sick again—this time with the most virulent form of tuberculosis, then called galloping consumption. This news brought her home in April of to begin a desperate pilgrimage with the dying boy to specialists on both sides of the Atlantic.

Her letters to Vivian gave a moving account of a losing fight. She never revealed to the older brother that his adversary was death, and she was at his side when the end came in her Paris apartment on December 7, Not until March, , was Mrs.

Burnett reunited with her husband and Vivian, now a husky high school boy approaching his sixteenth birthday. However, she was on hand to introduce him to President Eliot of Harvard when he became a freshman in , still weak from a bout with typhoid fever. The illness got Vivian off to a poor start with a late enrollment. It revealed that Fauntleroy had been modelled closely after Vivian Burnett.

At any rate, Vivian was never to lose entirely his ingenuous Fauntleroy approach to life or his respect for the motivations of Dearest. This paved the way for her marriage to Stephen Townesend, a stage-struck English physician whom she appointed as her business manager and for whom she wrote stage roles. Unquestionably, Mrs. Burnett was given to romantic attachments and ardent friendships with both men and women. The depth of them can only be guessed from the florid Victorian embellishments of some of her letters.

There was another English physician, Dr. Fluffy has got out of her little bed early in the morning and is sitting in her little night gown writing you.

I think he was wishing that he had written a book, [that] ladies—in such frocks and hats—hurled themselves into shops to demand, and bore away pressed to their tender sides. Victorian epistles could be misleading, and perhaps too much could be read into Mrs.

I was always so actively employed searching for their brains —but his—Mon dieu! Gott in Himmeil! Santa Maria —and things! In the preface to this biography Vivian stated: To those who knew Mrs. Burnett with any intimacy it was plain that in all her thinking and doing was something not quite to be measured or weighed according to the usual mortal methods.

Approached in the right spirit, the whole matter was easy of explanation. One had merely to admit that she was partly a fairy.

Returning to Washington because of the illness of his father, Vivian was employed as a casual columnist for the Washington Times. Following the death of his father in he roved the nation for S. He was still a bachelor, thirty-eight years old and living with his mother on her Plandome, Long Island, estate, when in he fell in love with twenty-oneyear-old Constance Clough Buel, the daughter of a recently retired associate editor of The Century.

Recurring neuritis in one arm kept him out of service in World War I, but as associate editor of the pioneering Talking Machine Journal he organized the collection of more than a million records for the entertainment of the men in uniform. With the candor of a boyish Fauntleroy, Vivian reported on his other activities as follows: Sports!

Oh, boy! On the hottest days of summer you will probably find me bouncing about on a tennis court. Swimming and skating are also sports close to the heart.