I seem to be extremely cryptic these days! I apologize. *rueful* Yes, two Horatio Alger novels were on the syllabus for my 19th Century American Lit class a few weeks ago. (Right after the infamous Elsie Dinsmore.) We read the Penguin Classics edition of Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward, in case you're interested in doing the same-- I was pleasantly surprised by the humor and general likeability of Ragged Dick, and though Struggling Upward is comparatively bland, there's one scene near the end that had me in absolute fits of glee. I'm trying to write a paper on it, mostly because of the "dude" character Mortimer Plantagenet Sprague. He needs his own book. I still have no idea what the purpose of this particular episode is, but it's awesome.
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Date: 2008-11-13 02:46 am (UTC)I seem to be extremely cryptic these days! I apologize. *rueful* Yes, two Horatio Alger novels were on the syllabus for my 19th Century American Lit class a few weeks ago. (Right after the infamous Elsie Dinsmore.) We read the Penguin Classics edition of Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward, in case you're interested in doing the same-- I was pleasantly surprised by the humor and general likeability of Ragged Dick, and though Struggling Upward is comparatively bland, there's one scene near the end that had me in absolute fits of glee. I'm trying to write a paper on it, mostly because of the "dude" character Mortimer Plantagenet Sprague. He needs his own book. I still have no idea what the purpose of this particular episode is, but it's awesome.