Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, published in 1886. It was a commercial success for its author, set fashion trends and also set a precedent in copyright law in 1888 when its author won a lawsuit over the dramatic rights to the work.

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English - Frances Hodgson Burnett - 1886 - Copyright law - 1888

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The story concerns an American boy named Cedric, who at an early age finds that he is the sole heir to a British earldom and leaves New York to take up residence in his ancestral castle. His grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, intends to teach the boy to become an aristocrat, but Cedric inadvertently teaches his grandfather compassion and social justice.

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Earldom - Castle - Aristocrat - Social justice

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There have been several movie versions of the book produced throughout the years:

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• 1914 http://imdb.com/title/tt0004238/
• 1921 http://imdb.com/title/tt0012397/ (starring Mary Pickford)
• 1936 http://imdb.com/title/tt0027893/ (with a stellar cast including Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, Mickey Rooney and C. Aubrey Smith as the Earl of Dorincourt)
• 1976 http://imdb.com/title/tt0228526/ (made for TV)
• 1980 http://imdb.com/title/tt0081062/ (made for TV) starring Ricky Schroder, Connie Booth, Patrick Stewart and Sir Alec Guinness as the Earl
• 1995 http://imdb.com/title/tt0108838/ (TV miniseries)
• 2003 http://imdb.com/title/tt0372484/ (Radosti i pechali malen'kogo lorda, Russian version)

The term "Little Lord Fauntleroy" has come to be a synonym for fop.

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Synonym - Fop

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