Horatio Alger Jr.

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Struggling Upward or Luke Larkin's Luck (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

Beschreibung

(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1886. Alger is often credited with inventing the strive and succeed spirit that inspired boys to work hard and advance themselves to attain the American Dream, and which permeates his writing. Struggling Upward is a novelette that teaches Alger's recurring theme that honesty and hard work will always pay. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Autor

Horatio Alger Jr., an American novelist who lived from January 13, 1832, to July 18, 1899, authored books for young adults about poor lads who, through their good deeds, climb from impoverished roots to lives of stability and comfort in the middle class. His works are known for their "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative influence on the Gilded Age United States. All of Alger's young adult books revolve around the idea that a young man can change his situation for the better by acting morally. The "Horatio Alger myth" holds that the young man achieves success via toil, however, this is untrue. The youngster behaves according to classic characteristics like honesty, generosity, and altruism in the actual stories, and success is invariably the result of an accident that works to the boy's advantage. The youngster might recover a sizable sum of money that was misplaced or save a passenger from a derailed carriage. A wealthy person notices the youngster and his predicament as a result of this. For instance, in one tale, a little child narrowly avoids being hit by a streetcar before being snatched away to safety by a homeless orphan youth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9781169874572
• ISBN-10: 1169874576
• Artikelnr.: 37453531