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Title: Dan, the Newsboy
Note: Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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Summary: "Dan, the Newsboy" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young newsboy named Dan Mordaunt, who faces the challenges of poverty after his father's death forced him and his mother into a life of hardship. The narrative explores themes of resilience, social justice, and the contrasting lives of the wealthy and the poor. At the start of the book, we meet Dan as he sells newspapers and navigates the difficulties of supporting his sick mother while dealing with the harsh realities of urban life. Dan’s character is portrayed as hardworking and caring, showing an admirable devotion to his mother. The opening chapters introduce the struggle against an unkind employer, Mr. Gripp, who withholds payment for Dan's mother's work, and highlight Dan's interactions with various characters, demonstrating his resourcefulness and determination to improve their situation. As the narrative develops, Dan encounters both kindness and cruelty, which set the stage for his personal growth and adventures ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
EBook No.: 53345
Published: Oct 22, 2016
Downloads: 101
Language: English
Subject: Detective and mystery stories
Subject: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Bildungsromans
Subject: Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Newspaper vendors -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Poverty -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Diligence -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Success -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Courage -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Fatherless families -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Youth and death -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Dan, the Newsboy
Note: Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
(This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Dan, the Newsboy" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young newsboy named Dan Mordaunt, who faces the challenges of poverty after his father's death forced him and his mother into a life of hardship. The narrative explores themes of resilience, social justice, and the contrasting lives of the wealthy and the poor. At the start of the book, we meet Dan as he sells newspapers and navigates the difficulties of supporting his sick mother while dealing with the harsh realities of urban life. Dan’s character is portrayed as hardworking and caring, showing an admirable devotion to his mother. The opening chapters introduce the struggle against an unkind employer, Mr. Gripp, who withholds payment for Dan's mother's work, and highlight Dan's interactions with various characters, demonstrating his resourcefulness and determination to improve their situation. As the narrative develops, Dan encounters both kindness and cruelty, which set the stage for his personal growth and adventures ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
EBook No.: 53345
Published: Oct 22, 2016
Downloads: 101
Language: English
Subject: Detective and mystery stories
Subject: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Bildungsromans
Subject: Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Newspaper vendors -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Poverty -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Diligence -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Success -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Courage -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Fatherless families -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Youth and death -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.