Ragged Dick - Couverture souple

Alger Jr, Horatio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1605121045 ISBN 13 : 9781605121048

Editeur : Akasha Classics, 2008

Synopsis

Ragged Dick, by Alger Jr., Horatio - Akasha Classics, AkashaPublishing.Com - Join Horatio Alger for one of his original 'rags-to-riches' stories which have been captivating readers since they first appeared in print. Ragged Dick is a street urchin in lower Manhattan, shining shoes for a living. He hasn't had many breaks in his young life, but he is determined not to let that stand in his way. His street smarts, decency, and drive serve him through a series of adventures - defeating con artists, standing up to bullies, coming to the aid of others in need - which enable him to better himself. Will he achieve his dream of becoming a gentleman? Fun for children and adults alike, Ragged Dick is an adventure story with heart.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1834–1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of respectable middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. He initially wrote and published for adults, but a friendship with boys' author William Taylor Adams led him to writing for the young. He published for years in Adams's Student and Schoolmate, a boys' magazine of moral writings. His lifelong theme of "rags to respectability" had a profound impact on America in the Gilded Age. His works gained even greater popularity following his death, but gradually lost reader interest in the 1920s. Gary Scharnhorst, author of Horatio Alger, Jr., describes Alger's style as "anachronistic", "often laughable", "distinctive", and "distinguished by the quality of its literary allusions." These allusions are what set his work apart from the pulps, Scharnhorst opines, and include the Bible, Shakespeare (in half his books), John Milton, Longfellow, Cicero, Horace, Joseph Addison, Oliver Goldsmith, Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, William Cowper, and many others. "By the diversity of his allusions," Scharnhorst writes, "Alger ... both revealed his erudition and enhanced the literary quality of his work."

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt the door, considerably to Dick's surprise. "What's the matter now?" asked our hero. "Has he gone?" asked Johnny, his voice betraying anxiety. "Who gone, I'd like to know?" "That man in the brown coat." "What of him. You aint scared of him, are you?" "Yes, he got me a place once." "Where?" "Ever so far off." "What if he did?" "I ran away." "Didn't you like it?" "No, I had to get up too early. It was on a farm, and I had to get up at five to take care of the cows. I like New York best." "Didn't they give you enough to eat?" "Oh, yes, plenty." "And you had a good bed?" "Yes." "Then you'd better have stayed. You don't get either of them here. Where'd you sleep last night?" "Up an alley in an old wagon." "You had a better bed than that in the country, didn't you?" "Yes, it was as soft as--as cotton." Johnny had once slept on a bale of cotton, the recollection supplying

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Akasha Classics
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1605121045
• ISBN 13: 9781605121048
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible