#86 in Middle grade
Little Lord Fauntleroy
- 209
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Little Lord Fauntleroy” is a warm children’s classic with the feel of a fairy tale, light in touch and generous at heart. Its young hero is kindness itself: some readers treasure the bond between him and his mother, while others find him too saintly and see his gruff grandfather, the old Earl, as the richer character. First serialised in 1885, it makes a gentle family read of a little over two hundred pages.
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About the book
Little Lord Fauntleroy is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in St. Nicholas Magazine from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's on October 7, 1886 in New York. It was also published that year in November by Frederick Warne & Co. in London. The illustrations by Reginald B. Birch set fashion trends and the novel set a precedent in copyright law when Burnett won a lawsuit in 1888 against E. V. Seebohm over the rights to theatrical adaptations of the work.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 54 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 5 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 49 | 91% |
Frequently asked
What age is Little Lord Fauntleroy for?
Little Lord Fauntleroy sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 209 pages — longer than 50% of the ranked books in Middle grade.
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