Paul the Peddler
dek 2005 · Cosimo, Inc.
E-kitab
252
Səhifələr
family_home
Uyğundur
info
reportReytinqlər və rəylər doğrulanmır Ətraflı Məlumat
Bu e-kitab haqqında
"Now, mother, I hope supper is 'most ready, for selling neckties has made me hungry.""Almost ready, Paul."It was a humble meal, but a good one. There were fresh rolls and butter, tea and some cold meat. That was all; but the cloth was clean, and everything looked neat. All did justice to the plain meal, and never thought of envying the thousands who, in their rich uptown mansions, were sitting down at the same hour to elaborate dinners costing more than their entire week's board.-from "Chapter VIII: A Stroke of Luck"It's entirely possibly that the 20th-century concept of "the American dream" would not exist without the cheerfully idealistic novels of Horatio Alger, Jr. Enormous bestsellers in their day, Alger's rags-to-riches tales nurtured the nation's faltering idealism during the economic inequities of the Gilded Age. Paul the Peddler, from 1871, follows the typical Alger format: Paul Hoffman is a poor but industrious 14-year-old who ekes out a living for himself and his mother hawking whatever he can on the desperate streets of New York City... until his hard work and integrity pay of in wealth and comfort. This is a charming work, its hard-bitten romance tempered by its celebration of virtue and strength of character.American writer HORATIO ALGER, JR. (1832-1899) wrote well over 100 novels, among them Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York (1867), Sink or Swim (1870), and Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab (1871).
Müəllif haqqında
Horatio Alger was born in Massachusetts in 1832. He was a graduate of Harvard University. He was considered one of the most renown writers of the 19th Century. His protagonists were usually young boys who struggled from poverty to achieve success in life. He wrote over 100 books with that theme. His titles include "Ragged Dick," "Adrift in New York," 'Sink or Swim," and "The Odds Against Him," "Rough and Ready,"Sam's Chance,"and "Paul the Peddler." Alger died in 1899.
Bu e-kitabı qiymətləndirin
Fikirlərinizi bizə deyin
Məlumat oxunur
Smartfonlar və planşetlər
Android və iPad/iPhone üçün Google Play Kitablar tətbiqini quraşdırın. Bu hesabınızla avtomatik sinxronlaşır və harada olmağınızdan asılı olmayaraq onlayn və oflayn rejimdə oxumanıza imkan yaradır.
Noutbuklar və kompüterlər
Kompüterinizin veb brauzerini istifadə etməklə Google Play'də alınmış audio kitabları dinləyə bilərsiniz.
eReader'lər və digər cihazlar
Kobo eReaders kimi e-mürəkkəb cihazlarında oxumaq üçün faylı endirməli və onu cihazınıza köçürməlisiniz. Faylları dəstəklənən eReader'lərə köçürmək üçün ətraflı Yardım Mərkəzi təlimatlarını izləyin.
