Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden are bestsellers but thelesserknown adult novel The Making of a Marchioness remains a muchlovedfavorite among many. ... » 

Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden are bestsellers but thelesserknown adult novel The Making of a Marchioness remains a muchlovedfavorite among many. Unjustly out of print for years this neglected classicdeserves its place alongside Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre. Part onethe original Marchioness is in the Cinderella tradition while part twocalled The Methods of Lady Walderhurst is an absorbing melodramaa realisticcommentary on lateVictorian marriage. Frances Hodgson Burnett 18491924grew up in Manchester. In 1886 Little Lord Fauntleroy was a huge popularsuccess from then on Burnett wrote for both children and adults. «