Project Gutenberg 2016-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 141 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward Produced by David Edwards, Brian Wilsden and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. This story follows a young boy named Mark, who sells matches on the streets of New York City while enduring hardships and abuse from his caregiver, Mother Watson. As Mark navigates his struggles, themes of resilience, friendship, and the hope for a better life are prevalent throughout the narrative. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Mark, a thinly-clad boy deeply affected by hunger and the harsh realities of street life. He returns home after a long day of trying to sell matches but is met with hostility and threats from Mother Watson, who only cares about the money he brings in. As he contemplates his situation, Mark begins to consider breaking free from this abusive arrangement. His fate takes a turn when he unexpectedly receives some money while resting on a ferryboat, igniting a spark of independence. This opening sets the stage for Mark's journey toward self-sufficiency as he ponders his future and contemplates the possibility of escaping his current life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Peddlers -- Juvenile fiction Self culture -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 345005 344997 2024-09-22T06:10:08.652215 2023-09-23T04:46:18.082461 text/html text/html 351341 2016-09-17T10:04:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 433947 2016-09-17T10:04:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 494836 2024-09-22T06:10:16.943087 application/epub+zip 492867 2024-09-22T06:10:09.951116 application/epub+zip 228397 2024-09-22T06:10:09.294148 application/epub+zip 591569 2024-09-22T06:10:21.254075 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 547077 2024-09-22T06:10:16.086116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283915 2022-09-24T05:05:07.167774 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295027 294822 2024-09-22T06:10:07.168657 2023-09-23T04:46:16.744453 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 295211 2016-09-17T10:04:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 108164 2016-09-17T10:04:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20535 2024-09-22T06:10:21.401072 application/rdf+xml 21498 2024-09-22T06:10:09.395108 image/jpeg 2812 2024-09-22T06:10:09.345111 image/jpeg 434299 2024-09-22T06:10:08.695151 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia