Little Lord Fauntleroy

LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY

Author:

First edition:

Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1886

Main illsutrators:

Birch Bloch Brock Fabbi Micheli Plonck Terzi

In short:

Cedric, a seven-year-old American boy, inherits the title of Lord Fauntleroy for all the other possible heirs are dead. He moves to England to live with his cranky and selfish grandfather in the family estate. Cedric, good and generous by nature, will try to change his grandfather's ill-tempered behaviour.

Selection of edition:

Little Lord Fauntleroy, illustrated by Brock and Bich, Knof, New York, 1995.
Little Lord Fauntleroy, illustrated by Birch, éd. Scribner, 1886.
Der kleine Lord, illustrated by Plonck, Loewe, 1907.
Un Piccolo Lord, illustrated by Micheli, Floence, Salani, 1935.
Le Petit Lord Fauntleroy, illustrated by M. Bloch, Nelson, 1938.
Il Piccolo Lord, illustrated by Fabbi, Florence, Marzocco, 1940.
Il piccolo Lord, illustrated by Terzi, Turin, Utet

More about Little Lord Fauntleroy:

This book was a real success at the time of its publication. But contrary to expectations, this children's book was more accepted by mothers than by children. The characterization of Cedric, dressed in velved and with a collar, became so fashionable that many children, though unwillingly, began dressing like their mother's ideal literay figure.

Adaptations:

Burrett's romantic novel has been adapted into cinema quite a lot. The most remarkable film adaptations are the silent ones from 1914 and 1922, and the 1936 version directed by John Cromwell. More recent versions include those of 1980, directed by Jack Gold, and 1995, directed by Andrew Morgan.