《Ombro Dick》 - Ombro Dick

Japanese: 《おんぼろディック》 - おんぼろでぃっく
《Ombro Dick》 - Ombro Dick

…He tried his hand at children's literature in 1864, but served as a minister at the First Unitarian Church in Brewster to make a living. In 1866 he moved to New York and began writing full time, and in January of the following year began serializing Ragged Dick in a magazine, instantly establishing his reputation as a writer of children's literature. This cheerful story of a shoeshine boy who rises from rags to riches through honesty and hard work was widely read in America in the "plating era" after the Civil War, and became the dream and ideal for young boys. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Shabby Dick" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1864年から児童文学のジャンルを試みるが,生活のためブルースターのユニテリアン第一教会の牧師を務める。66年ニューヨークに出て本格的な文筆生活に入り,翌年1月から雑誌連載を始めた《おんぼろディックRagged Dick》により一挙に少年文学作家としての名声を確立した。靴磨き少年が誠実と勤勉により向上する〈おんぼろから金持へ〉の明るい立身出世の物語は,南北戦争後の〈めっき時代〉のアメリカで大いに読まれ,少年たちの夢,理想ともなる。…

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