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小霍雷肖·阿尔杰（，）是19世纪的一位多产的美国作家，以少年小说而闻名。

爱尔杰出生在新英格兰沿海城市马萨诸塞州的切尔西市Hoyt 1974, pp. 7,9Scharnhorst 1980, p. 17-8。1848年，16歲的他进入哈佛学院学习。Scharnhorst 1985, p. 1417岁，他成为一名专业作家。毕业后，曾在波士顿杂志做编辑工作。此后做过家庭教师和记者。

爱尔杰是一个早熟的男孩，患有近视和支气管哮喘。Scharnhorst 1985, pp. 10–

1899年7月18日因哮喘死于姐姐家中。

风格和主题
阿尔杰小说的风格大多一致，均描述着一个贫穷的少年是如何通过其正直、努力、少许运气以及坚持不懈最终取得成功。

影响 
阿尔杰创作颠峰时期，正值美国由农业社会到工业社会转型的艰难过渡期。历史学家认为，阿尔杰的作品绝不仅局限于其有趣的故事本身。小说中描述的通过自身的努力以获得成功的主人公，给予了大量当时美国穷人力量，信心及动力去更加刻苦工作来换取成功。
作品
 题目 日期 类型 "Voices of the Past" 1849 诗  1852 "A Welcome to May" 1853 诗 Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf 1856 诗歌和短篇小说 Nothing to Do: A Tilt at Our Best Society 1857 Poem. Nothing To Eat 1857 He Has Gone, and I Have Sent Him! 1862 诗 Marie Bertrand 1864 成人小说 Frank's Campaign; or, What Boys Can Do on the Farm for the Camp 1864 少年小说 Paul Prescott's Charge: A Story for Boys 1865 少年小说 Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys 1866 少年小说 Helen Ford 1866 成人小说 Timothy Crump's Ward; or, The New Years Loan, And What Became of It 1866 成人小说 John Maynard: A Ballad of Lake Erie 1868 诗  1868 少年小说 Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter 1868 少年小说 Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin's Luck 1868 少年小说 Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance 1869 少年小说 Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward 1869 少年小说 Rough and Ready; or, Life Among the New York Newsboys 1869 少年小说 Ralph Raymond's Heir; or, The Merchant's Crime 1869 短篇小说 Ben The Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves 1870 少年小说 Rufus and Rose; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready 1870 少年小说 Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve 1870 少年小说 Paul the Peddler; or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant 1871 少年小说 Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe 1871 少年小说 Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab 1871 少年小说 "Friar Anselmo" 1872 诗 Phil the Fiddler; or, The Story of a Young Street Musician 1872 少年小说 Slow and Sure; The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant 1872 少年小说 Strive and Succeed; or, The Progress of Walter Conrad 1872 少年小说 Bound to Rise; or, Up the Ladder 1873 少年小说 Try and Trust; or, The Story of a Bound Boy 1873 少年小说 Brave and Bold; or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton 1874 少年小说 Julius; or, The Street Boy Out West 1874 少年小说 Risen from the Ranks; or, Harry Walton's Success 1874 少年小说 Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving 1875 诗 Herbert Carter's Legacy; or, The Inventor's Son 1875 少年小说 Jack's Ward; or, The Boy Guardian 1875 少年小说 Seeking His Fortune, And Other Dialogues 1875 St. Nicholas 1875 The Young Outlaw; or, Adrift In The Streets 1875 少年小说 Sam's Chance; and How He Improved It 1876  少年小说 Shifting for Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes 1876  少年小说 Life of Edwin Forrest 1877 传记 The New Schoolma'am; or, A Summer in North Sparta 1877 成人中篇小说 Wait and Hope; or, Ben Bradford's Motto 1877 少年小说 The Western Boy; or, The Road to Success 1878 The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains 1878 少年小说 The Telegraph Boy 1879 少年小说 The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California 1879 少年小说 Tony the Hero 1880 The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras 1880 少年小说 From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield 1881 传记 Ben's Nugget; or, A Boy's Search for Fortune 1882 少年小说 From Farm Boy to Senator: Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster 1882 传记 Abraham Lincoln: the Backwoods Boy; or, How A Young Rail-Splitter Became President 1883 传记 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 少年小说 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 少年小说 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 成人小说 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 少年小说  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 少年小说 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

 注释 

 参考文献 







研究资源
 The Papers of Horatio Alger, 1880-1953 (990 pieces) are housed at the Huntington Library.
 H. Jack Barker Papers, undated (3 liner feet) are housed at Emory University's Manuscripts, Archives, & Rare Book Library .
 Seligman Family papers, 1877-1934 (0.8 linear feet) are housed at American Jewish Archives (Cincinnati, Ohio).

 进一步阅读 
 Nackenoff, Carol. "The Horatio Alger Myth". In Myth America: A Historical Anthology, Volume II. 1997. Gerster, Patrick, and Cords, Nicholas. (editors.) Brandywine Press, St. James, NY. ISBN 1-881089-97-5


 外部链接 

Works by or about Horatio Alger at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)
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 The Complete "Ragged Dick" Series on kindle. 
 Horatio Alger Books On-Line 2 18 of Alger's works (with A Fancy of Hers, unique to this collection)
 Horatio Alger Books On-Line 3  3 of Alger's works (with The Maniac's Secret, unique to this collection)
 Horatio Alger research page  at the University of Rochester
 Horatio Alger Society  Home Page
 The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans 
 The Horatio Alger Collection at Northern Illinois University
 The Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture at Northern Illinois University

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