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<p>Horatio Jr. Alger's 'Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks' is an emblematic piece of 19th-century American literature that provides a window into the life of an impoverished youth in lower Manhattan. The novel's protagonist, Dick, is characterized by his street smarts and his embryonic vernacular, reflective of his societal standing. Yet, among these details of urban survival, Alger crafts Dick as a beacon of integrity...Seguir leyendo