Ragged Dick TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text "Shall I get the money changed, sir?"<br><br>"I can't wait; I've got to meet an appointment immediately. I'll hand you twenty-five cents, and you can leave the change at my office any time during the day."<br><br>"All right, sir. Where is it?"<br><br>"No. 125 Fulton Street. Shall you remember?"<br><br>"Yes, sir. What name?"<br><br>"Greyson,--office on second floor."<br><br>"All right, sir; I'll bring it."<br><br>"I wonder whether the little scamp will prove honest," said Mr. Greyson to himself, as he walked away. "If he does, I'll give him my custom regularly. If he don't as is most likely, I shan't mind the loss of fifteen cents."<br><br>The classic novella which started 100 years of "rags to riches" stories. This book was a phenomenal bestseller in its day; the quintessential "boys' book" which tells the story of a scrappy-but-honest shoe-shinin' orphan boy who learns the value of education and doing good. It's fairly sentimental stuff, but has plenty of humor and scenes. Given the right spin, it might be highly entertaining. A modern telling of its plot might be a fascinating journey (can it retain its moralizing and not be laughable?, or would it be deeply ironic and even perhaps moving -- our country's loss of innocence, etc. etc.). COMMENTS: Visual Text CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: RaggedDick.pdf
