FRANCES ELIZA

HODGSON

See also:

• FRANCES ELIZA HODGSON BURNETT (1849– )

BURNETT (1849– )  , Anglo-American novelist, whose maiden name was Hodgson, was born in Manchester, England, on the 24th of November 1849; she went to America with her parents, who settled in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1865 . Miss Hodgson soon began to write stories for magazines . In 1873 she married Dr L . M . Burnett of Washington, whom she afterwards (1898) divorced . Her reputation as a novelist was made by her remarkable tale of Lancashire life, That Lass o' Lowrie's (1877), and a number of other volumes followed, of which the best were Through one Administration (1883) and A Lady of Quality (1896) . In 1886 she attained a new popularity by her charming story of Little Lord Fauntleroy, and this led to other stories of child-life . Little Lord Fauntleroy was dramatized (see COPYRIGHT for the legal questions involved) and had a great success on the stage; and other dramas by her were also produced . In 1900 she married a second time, her husband being Mr Stephen Townesend, a surgeon, who (as Will Dennis ) had taken to the stage and had collaborated with her in some of her plays .