• 导读
  • The check was duly honored, and Teddy seemed satisfied, though the amount of candy he received probably could not have cost over half-a-cent. Still, he had drawn twice as large a prize as the first buyer, and that was satisfactory.

  • 内容简介
  • 本书是一部少年小说,讲述了聪明且富有商业头脑的主人公在父亲去世之后,挑起家庭生活的重担。他尝试了几乎所有街头小贩的生意。面对现实的困境和生活的艰辛,保罗不屈不挠,依靠勤劳、诚信,赢得了顾客和伙伴的尊重。经过努力,保罗最后有了属于自己的货摊,并开始了新的生活。

    Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a cart, he will try his hand at anything to turn a profit. A rousing tale of moral triumph and free trade, "Paul the Peddler" is Horatio Alger at his best.

  • 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 PAUL THE PEDDLER
    • CHAPTER II PAUL AT HOME
    • CHAPTER III PAUL HAS COMPETITORS
    • CHAPTER IV TEDDY GIVES UP BUSINESS
    • CHAPTER V PAUL LOSES HIS BASKET
    • CHAPTER VI PAUL AS AN ARTIST
    • CHAPTER VII A NEW BUSINESS
    • CHAPTER VIII A STROKE OF ILL LUCK
    • CHAPTER IX A NEW PATRON
    • CHAPTER X ANOTHER LOSS
    • CHAPTER XI BARCLAY & CO.
    • CHAPTER XII THE BARREL THIEF
    • CHAPTER XIII OUT OF BUSINESS
    • CHAPTER XIV THE DIAMOND RING
    • CHAPTER XV THE PAWNBROKER'S SHOP
    • CHAPTER XVI THE JEWELER'S PRICE
    • CHAPTER XVII MR. FELIX MONTGOMERY
    • CHAPTER XVIII A CLEVER THIEF
    • CHAPTER XIX PAUL DELIBERATES
    • CHAPTER XX THE THIEF IN DISGUISE
    • CHAPTER XXI PAUL IS CHECKMATED
    • CHAPTER XXII A MAN OF RESOURCES
    • CHAPTER XXIII A NEW EXPEDIENT
    • CHAPTER XXIV MR. MONTGOMERY'S ARREST
    • CHAPTER XXV PAUL'S FINAL SUCCESS
    • CHAPTER XXVI CONCLUSION
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