Лучшие книги Горацио Олджера

Несмотря на то, что книга называется "Томми-бродяга", главный герой произведения - девочка. Так сложилось, что она вынуждена жить на улице, пользоваться мальчишеским именем и зарабатывать себе на жизнь. Однако ей и в голову не приходит унывать. Она радуется жизни, бойко выполняет тяжелую работу. За твердость характера и трудолюбие судьба вознаградила ее: счастливое стечение обстоятельств изменило ее жизнь, и девочка обрела семью. Для детей среднего школьного возраста.

книгу вошли три повести известного американского писателя Горацио Алджера. Повести строятся на излюбленном сюжете Алджера - бедный мальчик, стремящийся к финансовому успеху, достигает цели благодаря отваге, удаче и добродетели. Герои Алджера - честные и благородные мальчишки-оборванцы, вызывают мгновенную симпатию. История их жизни и борьбы с обстоятельствами являются примером для юных читателей в деле достижения поставленных целей и разумного отношения к жизни.

Книга рассчитана на детей среднего и старшего школьного возраста.

Увлекательная повесть о приключениях отважного американского мальчика и его удивительной судьбе. Джек - приемный сын в богатой и уважаемой семье плантаторов Юга, в которую он попал младенцем после кораблекрушения. В США идет Гражданская война. Благородный и порывистый Джек - пламенный сторонник южан, капитан отряда мальчишек, мечтающих внести свою лепту в защиту идеалов Конфедерации. С приходом Союзных войск северян Джек не только получает "боевое крещение", но и обретает возможность разгадать тайну своего происхождения…

Американский писатель Горацио Олджер в своих произведениях показывает тяжелую жизнь людей неимущих классов. Джед является типичным героем книг Г.Олджера.
Для облегчения чтения и понимания содержания в книге имеются постраничные примечания. Вопросы, помещенные в конце каждой главы, помогут глубже понять прочитанное.
В конце книги имеется англо-русский словарь.
Адаптация З.И.Корнеевой, М.И.Бурдиной.

“I ain’t knocked round the city streets all my life for nothin’,” proclaims Ragged Dick, the fast-talking boy hero of Horatio Alger’s classic rags-to-riches tale. Dick is a plucky street boy who smokes, gambles, and speaks ungrammatically—but he is also honest and hardworking, striving not for wealth and status, but for a steady job, a decent place to sleep, and respectability. A quintessential boy’s novel of adventure, romance, and coming of age, Ragged Dick brings to life the drama and perils of living among other young outcasts in the crowded streets of lower Manhattan. It is at the same time an exhilarating tale of one boy’s metamorphosis from a dirty street urchin to a handsome, self-respecting gentleman.

Excerpt from Mark Mason's Victory: The Trials and Triumphs of a Telegraph Boy

Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Revere, Mass., January 13, 1834. He was the son of a clergyman; was graduated at Harvard College in 1852, and at its Divinity School in 1860; and was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Brewster, Mass., in 1862-66.

In the latter year he settled in New York and began drawing public attention to the condition and needs of street boys. He mingled with them, gained their confidence, snowed a personal concern in their affairs, and stimulated them to honest and useful living. With his first story he won the hearts of all red-blooded boys everywhere, and of the seventy or more that followed over a million copies were sold during the author's lifetime.

In his later life he was in appearance a short, stout, bald-headed man, with cordial manners and whimsical views of things that amused all who met him. He died at Natick, Mass., July 18, 1899.

Mr. Alger's stories are as popular now as when first published, because they treat of real live boys who were always up and about - just like the boys found everywhere to-day. They are pure in tone and inspiring in influence, and many reforms in the juvenile life of New York may be traced to them. Among the best known are:

Strong and Steady; Strive and Succeed; Try and Trust; Bound to Rise; Risen from the Ranks; Herbert Carter's Legacy; Brave and Bold; Jack's Ward; Shifting for Himself; Wait and Hope; Paul the Peddler; Phil the Fiddler; Slow and Sure; Julius the Street Boy; Tom the Bootblack; Struggling Upward; Facing the World; The Cash Boy; Making His Way; Tony the Tramp; Joe's Luck; Do and Dare; Only an Irish Boy; Sink or Swim; A Cousin's Conspiracy; Andy Gordon; Bob Burton; Harry Vane; Hector's Inheritance; Mark Mason's Triumph; Sam's Chance; The Telegraph Boy; The Young Adventurer; The Young Outlaw; The Young Salesman, and Luke Walton.

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"The Errand Boy" by Horatio Alger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

A group of boys was assembled in an open field to the west of the public schoolhouse in the town of Crawford. Most of them held hats in their hands, while two, stationed sixty feet distant from each other, were "having catch."

Tom Pinkerton, son of Deacon Pinkerton, had just returned from Brooklyn, and while there had witnessed a match game between two professional clubs. On his return he proposed that the boys of Crawford should establish a club, to be known as the Excelsior Club of Crawford, to play among themselves, and on suitable occasions to challenge clubs belonging to other villages. This proposal was received with instant approval.

"I move that Tom Pinkerton address the meeting," said one boy.

"Second the motion," said another.

As there was no chairman, James Briggs was appointed to that position, and put the motion, which was unanimously carried.

After leaving the ill-tempered woman with whom he lives, ten-year-old matchboy Mark Manton meets a man who recognizes something of himself in the young orphan and helps him rise above his lowly circumstances.

"Timothy Crump's Ward" by Horatio Jr. Alger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

"Driven from Home" by Horatio Alger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Herbert did not look forward with very joyful anticipations to the new engagement he had formed. He knew very well that he should not like Ebenezer Graham as an employer, but it was necessary that he should earn something, for the income was now but two dollars a week. He was sorry, too, to displace Tom Tripp, but upon this point his uneasiness was soon removed, for Tom dropped in just after Mr. Graham had left the house, and informed Herbert that he was to go to work the next day for a farmer in the neighborhood, at a dollar and a half per week, and board besides.

"I am glad to hear it, Tom," said Herbert, heartily. "I didn't want to feel that I was depriving you of employment."

"You are welcome to my place in the store," said Tom. "I'm glad to give it up. Mr. Graham seemed to think I was made of iron, and I could work like a machine, without getting tired. I hope he pays you more than a dollar and a half a week."

"He has agreed to pay me three dollars," said Herbert.

"Luke Walton" by Jr. Horatio Alger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

"Paul Prescott's Charge" by Jr. Horatio Alger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Horatio Alger MEGAPACK® presents 70 Classic Works by the great 19th century author. Here are: ADVENTURES OF A TELEGRAPH BOY
DIGGING FOR GOLD
MARK THE MATCH BOY
BOB BURTON
ANDY GORDON
THE BACKWOODS BOY
A BOY'S FORTUNE
A DEBT OF HONOR
BERNARD BROOKS' ADVENTURES
WAIT AND HOPE
MARK MASON'S VICTORY
ROBERT COVERDALE'S STRUGGLE
BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY
RUFUS AND ROSE
THE YOUNG ADVENTURER
THE YOUNG MINER
THE TIN BOX
TOM, THE BOOTBLACK
A COUSIN'S CONSPIRACY
IN A NEW WORLD
LUKE WALTON
THE ERIE TRAIN BOY
THE YOUNG OUTLAW
SAM'S CHANCE
BEN'S NUGGET
SLOW AND SURE
THE YOUNG BANK MESSENGER
THE TELEGRAPH BOY
CHESTER RAND
FROM FARM TO FORTUNE
THE YOUNG ACROBAT OF THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS
RAGGED DICK
FAME AND FORTUNE
RANDY OF THE RIVER
YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK
FRANK AND FEARLESS
ADRIFT IN NEW YORK
PAUL THE PEDDLER
PHIL, THE FIDDLER
JOE THE HOTEL BOY
THE ERRAND BOY
FRED SARGENT'S REVENGE
THE SMUGGLER'S TRAP
THE CASH BOY
PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE
BRAVE AND BOLD
DRIVEN FROM HOME
CAST UPON THE BREAKERS
FROM CANAL BOY TO PRESIDENT
ANDY GRANT'S PLUCK
MAKING HIS WAY
FACING THE WORLD
JOE'S LUCK
BOUND TO RISE
RISEN FROM THE RANKS
HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACY
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
WALTER SHERWOOD'S PROBATION
NOTHING TO EAT
HELPING HIMSELF
TRY AND TRUST
DO AND DARE
HECTOR'S INHERITANCE
THE YOUNG MUSICIAN
STRUGGLING UPWARD
ONLY AN IRISH BOY
JACK'S WARD
THE STORE BOY
FRANK'S CAMPAIGN
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