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Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]
Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger audiobook. Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of poor boys making good and becoming rich and successful through “luck and pluck”. Ragged Dick was the f...
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Show Notes
Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger audiobook.
Genre: adventure
In bustling mid-19th-century New York City, a sharp-witted shoeshine boy known as Ragged Dick scrapes by on the streets with little more than quick jokes, a big heart, and a stubborn belief that he can become somebody. When chance brings him into contact with well-to-do youths and respectable adults, Dick glimpses a life beyond day-to-day hustling and decides to remake himself - not by abandoning who he is, but by learning the habits that might earn him a real place in the world. As he takes on honest work, tries to save money, and searches for allies he can trust, he must also navigate the citys temptations: petty crime, slick swindlers, and rivals who would rather see him fail. The story follows Dicks efforts to balance survival with self-respect, testing whether good intentions and hard work can hold steady in a city that rewards cunning as often as character. Ragged Dick is a classic American rags-to-respectability tale about ambition, integrity, and the price of growing up fast in a world that rarely offers second chances.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:19:15) Chapter 2
(00:38:12) Chapter 3
(00:59:18) Chapter 4
(01:17:43) Chapter 5
(01:41:16) Chapter 6
(02:02:20) Chapter 7
(02:22:37) Chapter 8
(02:44:13) Chapter 9
(03:06:46) Chapter 10
(03:30:30) Chapter 11
(03:54:26) Chapter 12
(04:14:22) Chapter 13
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