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

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Horatio Alger

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
  • Chapter 20
  • Chapter 21
  • Chapter 22
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 24
  • Chapter 25
  • Chapter 26
  • Chapter 27
Themes
  • All Themes
  • The Power of Thrift Theme Icon
    The Power of Thrift
  • Fortune Favors the Industrious Theme Icon
    Fortune Favors the Industrious
  • Clothes Make the Man Theme Icon
    Clothes Make the Man
  • The Value of Education Theme Icon
    The Value of Education
  • American Democracy vs. The British Monarchy Theme Icon
    American Democracy vs. The British Monarchy
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Richard “Ragged Dick” Hunter
  • Henry Fosdick
  • Frank Whitney
  • Mr. Rockwell
  • Mr. Greyson
  • Mr. Whitney
  • Mrs. Mooney
  • Micky Maguire
  • Jim Travis
  • Tom Wilkins
  • Johnny Nolan
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • The Suit Symbol Icon
    The Suit
  • Bootblacking Box Symbol Icon
    Bootblacking Box
  • Restaurants Symbol Icon
    Restaurants
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Allusions
  • Dialect
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Ethos
  • Flashbacks
  • Foil
  • Foreshadowing
  • Genre
  • Hyperbole
  • Idioms
  • Irony
  • Logos
  • Mood
  • Motifs
  • Pathos
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Soliloquy
  • Style
  • Tone
  • Verbal Irony
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