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This book includes a chronological listing of issues of the Dime Novel Roundup, which was published for over fifty years. It also features an index to the contents of the Dime Novel Roundup. .
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In "The Fool of the Family," Bracebridge Hemyng delves into the complexities of familial relationships through a narrative imbued with wit and poignancy. The novel unfolds within a richly textured social landscape, oscillating between humor and melancholy as it portrays the eccentricities of its characters. Hemyng's literary style is characterized by a keen observational eye, employing an array of vivid characterizations and engaging dialogue that reflect the zeitgeist of Victorian society. This work stands as a compelling exploration of the dysfunctional elements that often pervade family dynamics, making it both a reflective and entertaining read. Bracebridge Hemyng, an author and playwrig...
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Horatio Alger's rags-to-riches juvenile novels of poor boys parlaying "luck and pluck'' into "fame and fortune"' did much to shape and popularize the American success myth. This is a biography of the intensely private man. Ousted from a Unitarian pulpit in Brewster, Massachusetts, in 1866 for sodomizing young boys, Alger spent the final half of his life obscuring his past, and ordered all personal papers burned after his death in 1899. In 1927, the essential Alger was further obscured when Herbert Mayes published a fabricated biography based on a nonexistent diary which "exposed'' Alger as a lecher who wrote to fund his travels in pursuit of a married woman.