DOUBLE 9 BOOKSLLP Cast Upon the Breakers (English, Paperback, Alg...

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11 mm

216 mm

140 mm

288 gr

Cast Upon the Breakers

Double 9 Books LLP

2023 August

LATEST EDITION

Juvenile, Historical, Classics

Paperback

Double 9 Books LLP

Juvenile Fiction

9789359392417

Children and Young Adult Books

JUV016000

General Fiction and Classic Books

LATEST EDITION

General

9789359392417

English

Horatio Alger Jr., an American novelist who lived from January 13, 1832, to July 18, 1899, authored books for young adults about poor lads who, through their good deeds, climb from impoverished roots to lives of stability and comfort in the middle class. His works are known for their "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative influence on the Gilded Age United States. All of Alger's young adult books revolve around the idea that a young man can change his situation for the better by acting morally. The "Horatio Alger myth" holds that the young man achieves success via toil, however, this is untrue. The youngster behaves according to classic characteristics like honesty, generosity, and altruism in the actual stories, and success is invariably the result of an accident that works to the boy's advantage. The youngster might recover a sizable sum of money that was misplaced or save a passenger from a derailed carriage. A wealthy person notices the youngster and his predicament as a result of this. For instance, in one tale, a little child narrowly avoids being hit by a streetcar before being snatched away to safety by a homeless orphan youth.