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BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON (1849-1924)

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From: Young Students Learning Library
Date: 19960101
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The well-known children's book Little Lord Fauntleroy, the story of an American boy who becomes an English earl, was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. At one time, some American mothers who read it tried to make their own sons copy the long curls, perfect manners, and velvet suits of Lord Fauntleroy.

Frances Burnett was born in Manchester, England. She and her family moved to the United States in 1865 and settled in Knoxville, Tennessee. Burnett used her own son as a model for Cedric, Lord Fauntleroy. She wrote more than 40 books for both young people and adults. But it ...

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