{"product_id":"ragged-dick-or-street-life-in-new-york-with-the-boot-blacks-horatio-alger-jr-9781540320766","title":"Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks Horatio Alger Jr.","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paula Benitez\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRagged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867 and expanded for publication as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the publisher A. K. Loring. It was the first volume in the six-volume Ragged Dick Series and became Alger's best-selling work. The tale follows a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability in 19th-century New York City. It had a favorable reception. Student and Schoolmate reported their readers were delighted with the first installment, and Putnam's Magazine thought boys would love the novel. One modern scholar considers the story a \"puerile fantasy\" about class assimilation. The plot and theme were repeated in Alger's subsequent novels and became the subject of parodies and satires.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45547343610007,"sku":"9781540320766","price":1085.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781540320766.webp?v=1767178737","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ragged-dick-or-street-life-in-new-york-with-the-boot-blacks-horatio-alger-jr-9781540320766","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}