Horatio Alger
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Horatio Alger Jr. was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writin
Horatio Alger Jr
Alger on Harvard Commencement Day, July 1852
Ragged Dick, serialized in Student and Schoolmate and later expanded into a full-length novel
Alger's gravestone at South Natick, Massachusetts
Rags to riches
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Rags to riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, a form of social mobility. It is a frequent trope in fictional storytelling, where it is frequently portrayed as
Horatio Alger
…impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States from 1868 through to his death in 1899. Alger secured his literary niche in 1868 with the…
Poster for an Auckland Museum staff "Rags to Riches Ball". August 7, 1999.