Wait and Hope: A Plucky Boy's Luck

by Horatio Alger Jr.

Overview

Wait and Hope is the fourth and final novel in the Brave and Bold Series. The book opens with fourteen-year-old hero Ben Bradford fired from work at the mill. His good-natured spendthrift friend James Watson does not take the news as poorly as Ben, who is an orphan raised by his aunt and late uncle. However, Ben does not despair, despite the effect the loss of his wages will have on his small household. Instead, he says only that he is certain something good will come to him: "Wait and Hope- that's my motto." The narrator adds, "His motto was 'Wait and Hope'; but he knew very well that he must work while he was waiting and hoping, otherwise he would differ very little from the hopeful Micawber, who was always waiting for something to turn up" (John A. Geck [Author]).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987094961
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	07/02/2019
Series:	Classic Books for Young Adults , #231
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.