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Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks Horatio Alger Jr.
Horatio Alger
Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks Horatio Alger Jr.
Horatio Alger
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867 and expanded for publication as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the publisher A. K. Loring. It was the first volume in the six-volume Ragged Dick Series and became Alger's best-selling work. The tale follows a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability in 19th-century New York City. It had a favorable reception. Student and Schoolmate reported their readers were delighted with the first installment, and Putnam's Magazine thought boys would love the novel. One modern scholar considers the story a "puerile fantasy" about class assimilation. The plot and theme were repeated in Alger's subsequent novels and became the subject of parodies and satires.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 10, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781540320766 |
Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 124 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 7 mm · 190 g |
Language | English |
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