Frances Hodgson Burnetts Little Lord Fauntleroy is a childrens classic novel that demonstrates how little children can affect the behavior of the adults surrounding them. The events revolve around the character of a young American named Cedric. His English father married his American mother in spite of his aristocratic familys disapproval of such a relation. Cedrics family lived in poverty in one of New Yorks popular neighborhoods and after the death of his father they received news from England