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。1848年，16歲的他进入哈佛学院学习。17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。
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。
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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 [http://marbl.library.emory.edu/ 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
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外部链接
*[http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype%3A(texts)%20-contributor%3Agutenberg%20AND%20(subject%3A%22Alger%2C%20Horatio%2C%201832-1899%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Alger%2C%20Horatio%2C%201832-1899%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Horatio%20Alger%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Horatio%20Alger%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Horatio%20Alger%22) Works by or about Horatio Alger] at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)
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- [http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Ragged-Dick-ebook/dp/B004ZZM23O The Complete "Ragged Dick" Series on kindle.]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050308201549/http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w Horatio Alger Books On-Line 2] 18 of Alger's works (with A Fancy of Hers, unique to this collection)
- [http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple&c=wright2&cc=wright2&sid=8607350d9a7de49568097b47d571befd&rgn=full+text&q1=Alger%2C+Horatio&cite1=&cite1restrict=author&cite2=&cite2restrict=title&cite3=&cite3restrict=title&firstpubl1=1850&firstpubl2=1875&submit=Submit+search Horatio Alger Books On-Line 3] 3 of Alger's works (with The Maniac's Secret, unique to this collection)
- [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cinder/Horatiomain.htm Horatio Alger research page] at the University of Rochester
- [http://www.horatioalgersociety.net/index.html Horatio Alger Society] Home Page
- [http://www.horatioalger.com/ The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516192834/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/alger/index.cfm The Horatio Alger Collection at Northern Illinois University]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516074741/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/fellowships.cfm The Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture at Northern Illinois University]
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