My favorite passage from Horatio Alger’s 1867 novel “Ragged Dick”

“I like the name of Dick,” said the young lady, with charming frankness…

by Matthew Belinkie
December 20th, 2008

...or are you just happy to see me?

“I like the name of Dick,” said the young lady, with charming frankness.

Without being able to tell why, Dick felt rather glad she did.

Siwi Dec 20th 2008 10:57 pm #

This is so freaking delightful. Bootstraps.

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Karen Dec 23rd 2008 10:02 am #

Can you send me this clip compilation?

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