小爵爷英文读后感

On Little Load Fauntleroy

I. Introduction

The Little Load Fauntleroy was written by Burnet, a famous writer in America. She was born in England and spent his childhood in there, and moved to American with his family in sixteen. As a matter of fact, she lived a hard life for her father died when she was four years old and she lived poorly with his mother. She experienced a lot of things that others haven’t imagined, but all of this can’t change her enthusiasm about the literature. She began to release stories when she was in American, in this way she could make some money for the family’s daily life. The book is about an American boy’s story of becoming to an English earl. Because of this book, Burnet became one of the best and popular writers.

II. The Story

Cedric was born in America, and his grandfather, Earl of Dorincourt, was a very rich and important old nobleman, with a very bad temper and a very violent dislike to Americans. he had there sons, but it so happen that Nature had given to the younger son gifts which she had not bestowed upon his elder brothers. He had a beautiful face and a fine, strong, graceful figure; He had a bright smile and sweet voice; he was brave and generous, and had the kindest heart in the world, and seemed to have the power to make everyone love him. But it was not so as his older brothers; neither of them was handsome, or kind, or clever. There was on doubt that the young one was Cedric’s father. He loved an American girl after his father sent him off to travel in American, and he wrote to his father to tell him he would marry the girl. When the old Earl received the letter, he was furiously angry. He told his son might live as he pleased, and died where he pleased, that he should be cut off from his family forever. The younger son was very sad and he knew he need expect on kindness experience, but he had courage and plenty of determination. With his hardworking he had a small house in a quite street and his little boy was born there, and everything was so gay and cheerful, in a quite small way. In the first place, the boy was always well and never gave trouble. In the second place, he had so sweet temper as his father and always so charming that he was a pleasure to everyone. His greatest charm was the cheerful, fearless, quaint

little way of making friends with others. I think it arose from his having a very confiding nature, and a kind hearted that sympathized with everyone, and wished everyone as comfortable as he like to be. So when he knew his father would not came back and saw how sad his mother was, there gradually come into his kind little heart the thought he must do what he could do to make her happy.

To everyone’s surprise, Cedric’s uncle were both died, and he was to be an earl after his grandfather’s death-and for the present he was Lord Fauntleroy, and his grandfather had sent him to come to England. Before he left the American, he helped Dick, and a woman and Bridget to give them a better life with the money that his grandfather gave him. This made him happy and made the relationship with his lovely friends deeper. He was not so willing to leave the place that he lived, but he must face it. As a matter of fact, he didn’t knew that his grandfather hated his mother, and he didn’t knew the exactly reason why his mother can not live with him, but he listened to his mother to be a good boy. When the old Earl saw the boy, he was surprised and he was changed from then. The old Earl was lonely and bad tempered tyrant in people’s eyes, but when he found Cedric was not only smart, charming but also honest, virtuous, generous, they became friends. After getting along with each other for several months, Cedric changed his grandfather to be kind and cared about the people around him.

Once upon a time, the old Earl hated Cedric’s mother a lot. In his opinion, it was her, a American women, changed his younger son’s life. He totally believed that his son’s death had something with the woman. Even Cedric tried to persuade him, he did not listen. But when it came to whether Cedric was the legal heir to an English Earldom. The old man changed his tough attitude. In another way, we can say that he loved the grandson so much. When he saw her, he began to realize that she had so sweet a face and voice, and a pretty dignity when she spoke or moved. Very soon, by the quiet magic of these influence, he began to feel less gloomy and can’t help accepting and loving her. He also admitted that, it was because of her, Cedric had been taught to think kind thoughts always and to care for others. In the end, he let her to live with them in the castle. The castle became full of joys and harmonious, and the people around them all get excellent result. In a word, they all lived happily.