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Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant

Horatio, Jr. Alger

FormatEbook
Published2006
Words43,258
LanguageEnglish
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This novel by Horatio Alger Jr. follows Paul Hoffman, a young street merchant in New York City, as he works to improve his fortunes through diligence and enterprise. Readers interested in nineteenth-century American juvenile fiction and Alger's rags-to-riches stories may find it useful.

Horatio, Jr. Alger

Horatio Alger, Jr. was a 19th-century American author known for his numerous young adult novels. His work popularized the "rags-to-riches" narrative, in which impoverished boys achieve success through hard work, honesty, and determination.

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