ISBN: 9781484142820

All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the Horatio Alger myth: a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues th… Mehr…

All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the Horatio Alger myth: a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy-and his plight-to the attention of a wealthy individual. By the time he died in 1899, Alger had published around a hundred volumes. Scholar John Geck observes that Alger's themes have been transformed in modern America from their original meanings into a male Cinderella myth and are an Americanization of the traditional Jack tales. Each story has its clever hero, its fairy godmother, and obstacles and hindrances to the hero's rise. However, he writes, the true Americanization of this fairy tale occurs in its subversion of this claiming of nobility; rather, the Alger hero achieves the American Dream in its nascent form, he gains a position of middle-class respectability that promises to lead wherever his motivation may take him. The reader may speculate what Cinderella achieved as Queen and what an Alger hero attained once his middle-class status was stabilized, and [i]t is this commonality that xes Horatio Alger rmly in the ranks of modern adaptors of the Cinderella myth.This classic title has been published by RADLEY BOOKS. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes/additions to creep into the author's words.Visit RADLEY BOOKS at www.radleybooks.com (or search RADLEY CLASSIC on Amazon) to see more classic book titles in this series. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

2013, ISBN: 1484142829

[EAN: 9781484142820], New book, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) W… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781484142820], New book, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy., Books<

ISBN: 9781484142820

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to ba… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy., Classics<

2013, ISBN: 1484142829

[EAN: 9781484142820], New book, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Esta… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781484142820], New book, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000, Books<

2013, ISBN: 1484142829

[EAN: 9781484142820], New book, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000., Books