Il piccolo Lord

This is a really silly book that caused a generation of little boys to have to suffer through long hair and white lace collars. Cedric, aka Little Lord Fauntleroy, is a goody good good little boy. His mother is perfect too. I bet thousands of little boys in the 1880's wanted this book to disappear.

The fact that Frances Hodgson Burnett's "Little Lord Fauntleroy" was such a sensation in the 1880s says as much about the contrast between the late Victorian Era and today as any anthropological study could. The story centers around Cedric Errol, a kind, optimistic young boy who lives with his mother Leggi tutto

Little Lord Fauntleroy is what one might characterize as a modern fairy tale written by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in the late 1800s, so not quite so modern. I listened to this story on YouTube although I have read it in the distant past. Little Lord Fauntleroy is the story of a seven-year-ol Leggi tutto

ركزت الرواية على قوة الحب بين الطفل وأهله، وكيف يُفتن الكبار بالأطفال ويخضعون لهم بكل سهولة. وكعادة بثينة الإبراهيم، ترجمة رائعة ولغة مليئة بالدفء والعفوية جعلتني أحب سدريك كأنني أعرفه وأشاهده حين يجلس مع أمه واضعًا وجنته على وجنتها، أو حين ينام ساكنًا على الأريكة تشع من وجهه حمرة الأطفال الفاتنة. أ Leggi tutto

This is pretty terrible. But hey, it does have this passage: Here lyeth ye bodye of Gregorye Arthure Fyrst Earle of Dorincourt allsoe of Alisone Hildegarde hys wyfe.'May I whisper?' inquired his lordship, devoured by curiosity. 'What is it?' said his grandfather.'Who are they?''Some of your ancestors Leggi tutto