Nonetheless, it became one of the best-selling books of all time on both sides of the Atlantic, and spawned dozens of theatrical and film interpretations” (Silvey, 106). But his characteristic velvet suit with Vandyke collar, a fashion of the day, was forced upon many real-life boys who then looked upon the novel with disfavor. “It is unfortunate that Cedric Fauntleroy, the charming American grandson of a crusty English earl, has been stereotyped as a sissy, for he is a charming and resourceful child.
Nicholas Magazine (November 1885-October 1886), Burnett’s book “earned wide praise on its publication enthusiastic reviewers included Louisa May Alcott, and among its English admirers was Gladstone” (Carpenter & Prichard, 316). Octavo, original pictorial tan cloth.įirst edition in book form, scarce first issue, with illustrations by Reginald Birch.įirst published as a serial in St.
“I HAVE TO GO TO ENGLAND AND BE A LORD”: FIRST ISSUE OF LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROYīURNETT, Frances Hodgson.
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