Bernard Brooks' Adventures

EAN : 9789403860701

Horatio Alger

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EAN : 9789403860701

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Résumé : Bernard Brooks is a fifteen year old orphan who is sent to Ezekiel Snowdon's rural boarding school by his New York guardian, Cornelius McCracken, who secretly appropriated money from the young man. Bernard runs away from the school to escape beatings meeting characters during his efforts to reclaim what is rightly his. Horatio Alger, Jr. authored about seventy books. He was the son of a clergyman, graduated from Harvard. His stories are pure, inspiring and as endearing today as they were when first published.
Biographie : Horatio Alger (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) 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 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 publication of Ragged Dick, the story of a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability. The novel was a success. His many books that followed were essentially variations on Ragged Dick and featured stock characters: the valiant, hardworking, honest youth; the noble mysterious stranger; the snobbish youth; and the evil, greedy squire.