Horatio Alger Jr. was the defining voice of the rags-to-riches story for young Americans, and Rufus and Rose; Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready is a characteristic example of his work. Rufus, a street boy determined to make his way honestly in a hard city, is a Ragged Dick-style hero: scrappy, good-hearted, and unexpectedly lucky.
Alger’s novels were the bestselling fiction of their age, read by millions of young Americans who saw in his heroes a mirror of their own hopes. Download the free EPUB and follow Rufus and Rose through the lively streets of nineteenth-century New York.