• 导读
  • The boarding school of which Rodney was, as his friend expressed himself, a star pupil, was situated about fifty miles from the city of New York. It was under the charge of Dr. Sampson, a tall, thin man of fair scholarship, keenly alive to his own interest, who showed partiality for his richer pupils, and whenever he had occasion to censure bore most heavily upon boys like David Hull, who was poor.

  • 内容简介
  • 本书主要讲述了主人公罗德尼克服重重障碍,最终实现自己梦想的故事。罗德尼在纽约被愚蠢的老板辞退后,参加了童子军,后来又找到了工作,但是事情进展的却并不那么顺利,随之而来的还有很多的不幸。

    A wonderful change came over Mike Flynn. Until he met Rodney he seemed quite destitute of ambition. The ragged and dirty suit which he wore as bootblack were the best he had. His face and hands generally bore the marks of his business, and as long as he made enough to buy three meals a day, two taken at the Lodging House, with something over for lodging, and an occasional visit to a cheap theater, he was satisfied.

  • 作者简介
  • 小霍雷肖•阿尔杰(Horatio Alger Jr.,1832年-1899年),美国儿童小说作家。作品有130部左右,大都是讲穷孩子如何通过勤奋和诚实获得财富和社会成功。

    Horatio Alger, Jr. (1834-99) was a prolific writer of dime novel stories for boys. From the debut of his first novel, Ragged Dick, in 1867, Alger was instrumental in establishing a new genre of dime novels known as the 'city story.' The genre arose out of the wide-spread urbanization that followed the Civil War and paralleled the rise of industrialism. Alger's stories heroicized the young street urchins living in poverty among large, urban centers such as New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. With uncommon courage and moral fortitude, Alger's youths struggle against adversity to achieve great wealth and acclaim. These rags to riches stories were enormously popular with the public and flourished in the decades from 1870 to 1890.

  • 目录
    • CHAPTER I. A FAITHLESS GUARDIAN.
    • CHAPTER II. THE CASKET OF JEWELS.
    • CHAPTER III. A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
    • CHAPTER IV. IN PURSUIT OF A THIEF.
    • CHAPTER V. A YOUNG FINANCIAL WRECK.
    • CHAPTER VI. AN IMPUDENT ADVENTURER.
    • CHAPTER VII. AT THE NEWSBOY'S LODGING HOUSE.
    • CHAPTER VIII. RODNEY FINDS A PLACE.
    • CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST DAY AT WORK.
    • CHAPTER X. MIKE PUTS ON A UNIFORM.
    • CHAPTER XI. MISSING GOODS.
    • CHAPTER XII. WHAT WAS FOUND IN RODNEY'S ROOM.
    • CHAPTER XIII. CHARGED WITH THEFT.
    • CHAPTER XIV. RODNEY IS DISCHARGED.
    • CHAPTER XV. A RICH FIND.
    • CHAPTER XVI. A SURPRISING TURN OF FORTUNE.
    • CHAPTER XVII. JASPER'S PERPLEXITY.
    • CHAPTER XVIII. RODNEY'S SECRET IS DISCOVERED.
    • CHAPTER XIX. JASPER'S REVENGE
    • CHAPTER XX. RODNEY LOSES HIS PUPIL.
    • CHAPTER XXI. CONTINUED ILL LUCK.
    • CHAPTER XXII. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE TURNS UP.
    • CHAPTER XXIII. MR. WHEELER HAS A SET BACK.
    • CHAPTER XXIV. A CHANGE OF SCENE.
    • CHAPTER XXV. JEFFERSON PETTIGREW'S HOME.
    • CHAPTER XXVI. THE BOY CAPITALIST.
    • CHAPTER XXVII. THE FAILURE OF SQUIRE SHELDON'S PLOT.
    • CHAPTER XXVIII. A MINISTER'S GOOD FORTUNE.
    • CHAPTER XXIX. A MINING TOWN IN MONTANA.
    • CHAPTER XXX. THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.
    • CHAPTER XXXI. MR. WHEELER EXPLAINS.
    • CHAPTER XXXII. RODNEY FALLS INTO A TRAP.
    • CHAPTER XXXIII. UNDERGROUND.
    • CHAPTER XXXIV. RODNEY'S DISCOVERY.
    • CHAPTER XXXV. A BLOODY CONFLICT.
    • CHAPTER XXXVI. THE RODNEY MINE.
    • CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCLUSION.
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