LITTLE
LORD FAUNTLEROY
Frances Burnett Hodgson
Frances Hodgson Burnett
(Frances Eliza Hodgson), was born in Manchester,
England, on November 24, 1849. Upon the death of her father when she was four,
her family fell into deep poverty and eventually migrated to
Knoxville, Tennessee in 1865 when Frances was 16. To help
contribute to the family's finances, she began writing short pieces for publication.
Soon she became quite
successful and published a number of novels, several of which are still
popular to this day. She is best remembered for 'The Secret Garden
',
'A Little Princess
', and
'Little
Lord Fauntleroy
'.
Frances lived to see several of her novels made into silent
films. She died in 1924, the same year that actor Freddie
Bartholomew was born. Freddie starred in the first 'talkie'
version of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
.
