| 词汇 | horatio alger story |
| 词源 | Horatio Alger story. Ironically, none of the heroes Horatio Alger, Jr. (1834–99) created in his novels ever became rich. His poor but honest characters struggled to get ahead against overwhelming odds and always succeeded in improving their lot, even found fame and glory (at least one became a senator), but great monetary rewards never came to Ragged Dick and company. Nevertheless Horatio Alger story became synony- mous with a rags-to-riches story. Alger’s books, of little inter- est to anyone but historians and nostalgia buffs today, served a real need in his time. Dull and unimaginative, as filled with preachments as his pages might be, his philosophy of hard work and clean living influenced three generations of Ameri- cans. In recent time historians have claimed that this author of moralistic books for children was a pederast obsessed with young boys. |
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