Editing Frances Hodgson Burnett (section)

== Reception ==
During the serialization of ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' in ''St. Nicholas'' in 1885, readers looked forward to new installments. The fashions in the book became popular, with velvet [[Little Lord Fauntleroy#Impact on fashion|Fauntleroy suits]] being sold; other Fauntleroy merchandise included velvet collars, playing cards, and chocolates.<ref name=" Horvathxi"/> Sentimental fiction was then the norm, and "rags to riches" stories were popular in the United States; in time, however, ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' lost the popularity that ''The Secret Garden'' has retained.<ref>{{Harvnb|Horvath|2004|p=xiv}}</ref>

Several of Burnett's novels for adults were also very popular in their day, according to the ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' list of bestselling novels in the United States. ''A Lady of Quality'' was [[Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1890s|second in 1896]], ''The Shuttle'' was [[Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1900s|fourth in 1907 and fifth in 1908]], ''T.&nbsp;Tembarom'' was [[Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1910s|tenth in 1913 and sixth in 1914]], and ''[[The Head of the House of Coombe]]'' was [[Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1920s|fourth in 1922]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hackett, Alice Payne and Burke, James Henry |title=80 Years of Bestsellers: 1895 – 1975 |date=1977 |publisher=R.R. Bowker Company |location=New York |isbn=0-8352-0908-3 |pages=60, 71, 72, 78, 80, 93}}</ref>