Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret

Horatio Jr. Alger's 'Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret' is a distinctive contribution to the canon of juvenile fiction that engages with the classic themes of persistence, moral integrity, and the traditional rags-to-riches narrative. Crafted with Alger's quintessential didactic prose style, the tale unfolds in a sequence of trials and tribulations that underpin the moral developmen...