霍瑞修·愛爾傑

小霍瑞修·愛爾傑（英語：Horatio Alger, Jr，1832年1月13日—1899年7月18日）是19世紀的一位多產的美國作家，以少年小說而聞名。

霍瑞修·愛爾傑 Horatio Alger, Jr.
Alger在19世紀80年代
出生	(1832-01-13)1832年1月13日  美國麻薩諸塞州切爾西
逝世	1899年7月18日(1899歲—07—18)（67歲）  美國麻薩諸塞州Natick
筆名	Carl Cantab Arthur Hamilton Caroline F. Preston Arthur Lee Putnam Julian Starr
職業	作家
國籍	美國
體裁	兒童文學
代表作	《衣衫襤褸的迪克》（Ragged Dick（英語：Ragged Dick），1868年）

愛爾傑出生在新英格蘭沿海城市麻薩諸塞州的切爾西市^[1][2]。1848年，16歲的他進入哈佛學院學習。^[3]17歲，他成為一名專業作家。畢業後，曾在波士頓雜誌做編輯工作。此後做過家庭教師和記者。

愛爾傑是一個早熟的男孩，患有近視和支氣管哮喘。^[4][5]

1899年7月18日因哮喘死於姐姐家中。

風格和主題

愛爾傑小說的風格大多一致，均描述著一個貧窮的少年是如何通過其正直、努力、少許運氣以及堅持不懈最終取得成功。

影響

愛爾傑創作顛峰時期，正值美國由農業社會到工業社會轉型的艱難過渡期。歷史學家認為，愛爾傑的作品絕不僅局限於其有趣的故事本身。小說中描述的通過自身的努力以獲得成功的主人公，給予了大量當時美國窮人力量，信心及動力去更加刻苦工作來換取成功。

作品

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題目	日期	類型
"Voices of the Past"	1849	詩
Fair Harvard（英語：Fair Harvard）	1852
"A Welcome to May"	1853	詩
Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf	1856	詩歌和短篇小說
Nothing to Do: A Tilt at Our Best Society	1857	Poem.
Nothing To Eat	1857
He Has Gone, and I Have Sent Him!	1862	詩
Marie Bertrand	1864	成人小說
Frank's Campaign; or, What Boys Can Do on the Farm for the Camp	1864	少年小說
Paul Prescott's Charge: A Story for Boys	1865	少年小說
Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys	1866	少年小說
Helen Ford	1866	成人小說
Timothy Crump's Ward; or, The New Years Loan, And What Became of It	1866	成人小說
John Maynard: A Ballad of Lake Erie	1868	詩
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks（英語：Ragged Dick）	1868	少年小說
Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter	1868	少年小說
Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin's Luck	1868	少年小說
Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance	1869	少年小說
Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward	1869	少年小說
Rough and Ready; or, Life Among the New York Newsboys	1869	少年小說
Ralph Raymond's Heir; or, The Merchant's Crime	1869	短篇小說
Ben The Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves	1870	少年小說
Rufus and Rose; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready	1870	少年小說
Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve	1870	少年小說
Paul the Peddler; or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant	1871	少年小說
Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe	1871	少年小說
Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab	1871	少年小說
"Friar Anselmo"	1872	詩
Phil the Fiddler; or, The Story of a Young Street Musician	1872	少年小說
Slow and Sure; The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant	1872	少年小說
Strive and Succeed; or, The Progress of Walter Conrad	1872	少年小說
Bound to Rise; or, Up the Ladder	1873	少年小說
Try and Trust; or, The Story of a Bound Boy	1873	少年小說
Brave and Bold; or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton	1874	少年小說
Julius; or, The Street Boy Out West	1874	少年小說
Risen from the Ranks; or, Harry Walton's Success	1874	少年小說
Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving	1875	詩
Herbert Carter's Legacy; or, The Inventor's Son	1875	少年小說
Jack's Ward; or, The Boy Guardian	1875	少年小說
Seeking His Fortune, And Other Dialogues	1875
St. Nicholas	1875
The Young Outlaw; or, Adrift In The Streets	1875	少年小說
Sam's Chance; and How He Improved It	1876	少年小說
Shifting for Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes	1876	少年小說
Life of Edwin Forrest	1877	傳記
The New Schoolma'am; or, A Summer in North Sparta	1877	成人中篇小說
Wait and Hope; or, Ben Bradford's Motto	1877	少年小說
The Western Boy; or, The Road to Success	1878
The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains	1878	少年小說
The Telegraph Boy	1879	少年小說
The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California	1879	少年小說
Tony the Hero	1880
The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras	1880	少年小說
From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield	1881	傳記
Ben's Nugget; or, A Boy's Search for Fortune	1882	少年小說
From Farm Boy to Senator: Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster	1882	傳記
Abraham Lincoln: the Backwoods Boy; or, How A Young Rail-Splitter Became President	1883	傳記
The Train Boy	1883
The Young Circus Rider; or, The Mystery of Robert Rudd	1883
Dan, the Detective	1884
Do and Dare; or A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune	1884
Hector's Inheritance; or, The Boys of Smith Institute	1885
Helping Himself; or, Grant Thornton's Ambition	1886
Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy	1887
Number 91; or, The Adventures of a New York Telegraph Boy	1887
The Store Boy; or, The Fortunes of Ben Barclay	1887
Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri	1888
The Errand Boy; or, How Phil Brent Won Success	1888
Tom Temple's Career	1888
Tom Thatcher's Fortune	1888
Tom Tracy	1888
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus	1888	少年小說
Luke Walton; or, The Chicago Newsboy	1889
The Erie Train Boy	1890
Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret	1890
Mark Stanton	1890
Ned Newton; or, The Fortunes of a New York Bootblack	1890	少年小說
A New York Boy	1890
The Odds Against Him; or, Carl Crawford's Experience	1890
Dean Dunham; or, The Waterford Mystery	1891
Digging for Gold. A Story of California	1892
The Young Boatman of Pine Point	1892
Cast Upon the Breakers	1893
Facing the World; or, The Haps and Mishaps of Harry Vane	1893
In a New World; or, Among the Gold-Fields of Australia	1893
Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes and Misfortunes	1894
Victor Vane, The Young Secretary	1894
The Disagreeable Woman; A Social Mystery	1895	成人小說
Frank Hunter's Peril	1896
The Young Salesman	1896
Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent	1897
Walter Sherwood's Probation	1897
A Boy's Fortune; or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker	1898
The Young Bank Messenger	1898
Jed the Poorhouse Boy	1899	少年小說
Mark Mason's Victory; or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Telegraph Boy	1899
Rupert's Ambition	1899
Silas Snobden's Office Boy	1899
A Debt of Honor. The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West	1900
Falling in With Fortune; or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary	1900
Out for Business; or, Robert Frost's Strange Career	1900
Ben Bruce. Scenes in the Life of a Bowery Newsboy	1901
Lester's Luck	1901
Nelson the Newsboy; or, Afloat in New York	1901
Tom Brace: Who He Was and How He Fared	1901
Young Captain Jack; or, The Son of a Soldier	1901	少年小說
Adrift in the City; or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight	1902
Andy Grant's Pluck	1902
A Rolling Stone; or, The Adventures of a Wanderer	1902
Striving for Fortune; or, Walter Griffith's Trials and Successes	1902
Tom Turner's Legacy	1902
The World Before Him	1902
Bernard Brooks' Adventures. The Story of a Brave Boy's Trials	1903
Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune	1903
Forging Ahead	1903
Adrift in New York; or, Tom and Florence Braving the World	1904
Finding a Fortune	1904
Jerry the Backwoods Boy; or, The Parkhurst Treasure	1904
Lost at Sea; or, Robert Roscoe's Strange Cruise	1904
From Farm to Fortune; or Nat Nason's Strange Experience	1905
Making His Mark	1905
Mark Manning's Mission. The Story of a Shoe Factory Boy	1905
The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success	1905
Joe the Hotel Boy, or Winning Out by Pluck	1906
Randy of the River; or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand	1906
The Young Musician; or, Fighting His Way	1906
Ben Logan's Triumph; or, The Boys of Boxwood Academy	1908
Wait and Win. The Story of Jack Drummond's Pluck	1908
Robert Coverdale's Struggle; or, On the Wave of Success	1910
Joe's Luck; or Always Wide Awake	1913
The Cousin's Conspiracy
In Search of Treasure. The Story of Guy's Eventful Voyage