Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a Beloved Children's novel that made a huge impact on the 19th century public, shaping everything from boys' clothing fashions to copyright law. Cedric er...Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a Beloved Children's novel that made a huge impact on the 19th century public, shaping everything from boys' clothing fashions to copyright law. Cedric errol is a generous, kind, and exemplary middle-class American boy who is suddenly found to be the heir of the earl of dorincourt.