Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks

by Horatio, Jr. Alger · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 7 · 2,420 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Bildungsromans · Boys — Fiction · New York (N.Y.) — Fiction · Poor children — Fiction

Words worth knowing: beefsteak · sourly · avocation · pardonable · newsboy · applicant · quarrelsome · measles

Ragged Dick OR, STREET LIFE IN NEW YORK WITH THE BOOT-BLACKS. by Horatio Alger Jr.

Contents PREFACE To Joseph W. Allen, at whose suggestion this story was undertaken, it is inscribed with friendly regard.

PREFACE “Ragged Dick” was contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate, a well-known juvenile magazine, during the year 1867.

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