Little Lord Fauntleroy - Audiobook by Frances Hodgson Burnett

LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY By Frances Hodgson Burnett An audiobook read by Susan Umpleby Genre: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849 � 1924) was an English-American playwright and author. She was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1852, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling near Knoxville, Tennessee. There Frances began writing to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines from the age of 19. In 1870, her mother died, and in 1872 Frances married Swan Burnett, who became a medical doctor. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their two sons were born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C. Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o' Lowrie's), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of children's fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess. In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from Cedric's grandfather, Lord Dorincourt. Cedric is now Lord Fauntleroy and heir to the Earldom and a vast estate. The Earl wants Cedric to live with him and learn to be an English aristocrat. He offers Mrs Errol a house and income but refuses to meet or have anything to do with her. The crusty Earl is impressed by the appearance and intelligence of his young American grandson, and charmed by his innocent nature. He admits that Cedric, who has befriended and cared for the poor and needy on the Earl's estate, will be a better Earl than he was. A pretender to Cedric's inheritance appears, but the claim is investigated and disproved with the assistance of Cedric's loyal American friends. The Earl is reconciled to his son's American widow. The Earl had intended to teach his grandson how to be an aristocrat; however, Cedric inadvertently teaches his grand-father that an aristocrat should practice compassion and social justice towards persons who are dependent on him. The Earl becomes the kind and good man Cedric always innocently believed him to be. Cedric is reunited with his mother, who comes to live in the ancestral castle with them. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" is the first children's novel written by English�American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. Index: 01 - 00:00:00 - Chapter 01 02 - 00:21:15 - Chapter 02 03 - 01:11:16 - Chapter 03 04 - 01:23:48 - Chapter 04 05 - 01:48:50 - Chapter 05 06 - 02:29:00 - Chapter 06 07 - 03:14:24 - Chapter 07 08 - 03:29:43 - Chapter 08 09 - 03:49:10 - Chapter 09 10 - 04:02:36 - Chapter 10 11 - 04:41:16 - Chapter 11 12 - 05:04:25 - Chapter 12 13 - 05:23:30 - Chapter 13 14 - 05:35:21 - Chapter 14 15 - 05:44:52 - Chapter 15 Additional information: - This audiobook is from Librivox. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. - Running Time: 06:00:02 - Read by: Susan Umpleby - Book Coordinator: Susan Umpleby - Meta Coordinator: Mary Anderson - Proof Listener: Laura Caldwell Thank you for listening this 'Little Lord Fauntleroy - Audiobook by Frances Hodgson Burnett' with Noriko Campbell channel. Please subscribe if you like our audiobooks and want to get more interesting audiobooks. https://goo.gl/Zv2x3x o0o-NorikoCampBell-o0o