Plucked from the sloppy streets of nineteenth-century New York to live in a fine English estate, young Cedric finds himself swaddled in the trappings of wealth. To make his life complete, however, he must teach his dour and miserly grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, to once again embrace life and happiness. Based on the beloved children's book by Frances Hodgson Burnett and condensed from the BBC television miniseries.