Little Lord Fauntleroy: Adapted for School Use
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019
Rating 3.9- Word count
- 247K words
- Chapters
- 25
Tags
English Originals Children's Literature Campus LifeOrphan FigureAristocracyChild DevelopmentComing of AgeTruth Goodness BeautyIdentity ConstructionFilm AdaptationHeartwarming NarrativeBritainSummary
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Little Lord Fauntleroy [abridged]: Für den Schulgebrauch bearbeitet by BurnettAuthor: Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Aug 2, 2015Editor's review
This is an abridged German school edition of Burnett's classic children's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, released free of charge by Project Gutenberg. The original tells the warm story of Cedric, a boy from a poor New York neighborhood who unexpectedly inherits an English title and comes to know his grandfather; its language is plain and its plot clear, making it a suitable introductory reader for language learning. This edition has been adapted for classroom teaching, with length and vocabulary difficulty kept in check so that teachers can plan the pace and students can read it chapter by chapter. The electronic edition is easy to obtain and low in cost, suiting family read-aloud or classroom support. Note that this is a German adaptation, not the complete English original; readers should choose according to their language level.Who it's for
A good fit for
- Middle school students learning German who need graded extracurricular reading of moderate length
- German teachers looking for concise literary texts usable in class
- Adult learners who enjoy classic children's literature and hope to read it in simplified language
- Families doing parent-child reading who want to introduce Western classics
Not a good fit for
- Readers who want the complete English original by Burnett
- People with no German foundation who cannot yet read connected German prose
- Researchers seeking complete literary texts with detailed annotations
Reading tips
- Read one chapter first to gauge the adapted language difficulty, then decide between intensive and extensive reading
- Guess unfamiliar words from context first, and look them up together after finishing a section
- Read alongside the English original to see how the adaptation abridges and simplifies
- After each chapter, retell the gist in German to check comprehension and expression
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
Contents
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FAQ
Is this book the English original or a German adaptation?
According to the material, this is a German version adapted for school use (Für den Schulgebrauch bearbeitet), not the complete English original by Burnett. It keeps the original story framework, but the language and length have been simplified for German learners.Where can the electronic edition be obtained, and is it free?
The book is released by Project Gutenberg, a platform known for providing free ebooks, and can usually be downloaded or read online free of charge. For specific formats and download methods, refer to its page description.What German level is suitable for reading it?
As an adapted school edition, its language difficulty is generally lower than the original, suiting learners with basic German reading ability. It is advisable to try one chapter first to judge the difficulty before deciding whether to use it for intensive reading.This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 AuthorFrances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was an author of English-language children's literature whose works are often categorized in Chinese contexts as inspirational coming-of-age stories. This library holds 49 of her works, including her best-known titles A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, as well as versions and school editions centering on Sara Crewe. Her writing usually places children at the center, telling stories of how they keep their dignity, draw on imagination, and grow through hardship or sudden change, in a warm and sympathetic tone. Public information is limited, so her biographical details are not elaborated here; yet the repeated publication and adaptation of these works show that her portraits of girls and boys have circulated widely and left a lasting influence on later children's coming-of-age narratives.