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Fans of adventures with spirited boys, devoted siblings, and a rise to respectability will love this novel. So will readers drawn to Victorian New York and young heroes whose honesty and work lead to success.
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What does a street boy do on the first Monday of a new life, with eight dollars a week, five hundred dollars in a savings bank, and a little sister to protect from a stepfather who wants her back?
Rufus and Rose, or the Fortunes of Rough and Ready, is the sixth and last book of Horatio Alger Jr.'s Ragged Dick Series. Alger wrote it to show that New York's street boys can become good citizens when they get the right influences. You get quick scenes, plain humor, and a hero who answers every setback with honest effort.
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- 1A newsboy starts work on Wall StreetFree
- 2A seamstress finds a home by chance
- 3Martin sinks while Rufus climbs
- 4Rufus learns how to live among respectable people
- 5Martin returns and falls in with counterfeiters
- 6A tin box is stolen and a boy takes the blame
- 7Honest work against the idea that the world owes a living
- 8How the story is told and what to watch for
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A newsboy starts work on Wall Street
The story opens on a Monday morning in a shabby room on Franklin Street. Rufus, a sturdy fifteen-year-old, has just given up selling newspapers. He is about to begin work in the office of Mr. Turner, a broker, at eight dollars a week.
Rufus's mother is dead, and his stepfather, James Martin, is a drunkard who lived off the boy's earnings. Rufus took his little sister Rose out of that home and paid Miss Manning, a poor seamstress, to care for her. Martin stole Rose away to Brooklyn just to torment her brother, and Rufus has only now got her back.
Rufus is not poor in the way most street boys are. He has five hundred dollars in a savings bank. He has also begun to study in the evenings under Miss Manning, so his speech is better than most boys in his trade. He jokes that he has retired from newspapers with a large fortune.
The first worry is practical. Martin knows where they live, so Miss Manning must find a new room, and Rose must never be left alone.
A fresh start does not erase your past, but you can build on it with the first steady job and the people you love close.
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Questions about Rufus y Rosa; o, Las fortunas de Rudo y Listo
What is Rufus and Rose about?
It follows Rufus, a former New York newsboy, as he starts work on Wall Street, looks after his little sister Rose, and faces his drunken stepfather James Martin, who steals a tin box and sets a trap for him.
Who is Rough and Ready in this book?
Rough and Ready is the nickname Rufus Rushton earned as a newsboy in New York. It describes his self-reliance and readiness to look after himself, and it gives the earlier book about his adventures its name.
Is Rufus and Rose part of a series?
Yes. It is the sixth and final volume of Horatio Alger's Ragged Dick Series, and it follows the earlier book Rough and Ready. The preface, dated 1870, announces a new set of street-life stories called the Tattered Tom Series.
Is Rufus and Rose based on real life?
In his preface Alger says that several characters are drawn from real life and that nearly all the incidents actually happened. He wrote it to show that street boys can become good citizens with the right influences.
Is Rufus and Rose easy to read?
The chapters are short and the language is plain and direct. Lively dialogue, humor, and a clear moral thread carry the story along, and the narrator explains old New York customs as he goes.
Cite this edition
Alger, Horatio, Jr. Rufus and Rose; Or, the Fortunes of Rough and Ready. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/rufus-and-rose-or-the-fortunes-of-rough-and-ready.
Alger, H., Jr. (2026). Rufus and Rose; or, the fortunes of Rough and Ready. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/rufus-and-rose-or-the-fortunes-of-rough-and-ready (Original work published 1870)
Alger, Horatio, Jr. Rufus and Rose; Or, the Fortunes of Rough and Ready. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/rufus-and-rose-or-the-fortunes-of-rough-and-ready.
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author = {Alger, Horatio, Jr.},
title = {Rufus and Rose; Or, the Fortunes of Rough and Ready},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/rufus-and-rose-or-the-fortunes-of-rough-and-ready},
note = {First published 1870}
}
