Little Lord Fauntleroy
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1886.
Cedric, a kind boy in New York, learns he is heir to an English earldom. He goes to live with his grandfather, a grumpy old earl, and wins him over with goodness and trust.
Public-domain text. First published in 1886; Frances Hodgson Burnett died in 1924, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.