66 pages 2 hours read

Horatio Alger

Ragged Dick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1868

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Essay Topics

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Does Dick Hunter possess any advantages from experiencing early hardship that someone like Frank Whitney, who was raised by parents in comfortable circumstances, lacks?

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What role does luck play in Dick Hunter and Henry Fosdick’s social advancement?

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In what ways does the novel suggest a boy bootblack on the New York City streets is similar to an American businessman in a capitalist society?

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