Mark The Match Boy: Or, Richard Hunter'S Ward (Great Classics)

After leaving the ill-tempered woman with whom he lives, ten-year-old match boy Mark Manton gets a chance to meet a person who recognizes something of himself in the young orphan and helps him rise above his lowly circumstances. It is a little bit of a morality play, good hardworking people winning out over all obstacles. A Horatio Alger special. Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, most famous for his novels following the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and other impoverished children in their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of respectable middle-class security and comfort. His novels about boys who succeed under the tutelage of older mentors were hugely popular in their day. People loved his young-adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy! Timeless Classics for Your Bookshelf Classic Books for Your Inspiration and Entertainment Visit Us at: goo.gl/0oisZU

Author: Horatio Alger, Success Oceo

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Oct 09, 2016

Number of Pages: 128 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1539447715

ISBN-13: 9781539447719