Project Gutenberg 2017-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance Produced by Chris Whitehead, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. It centers around John Oakley, a young boy who grapples with the challenges posed by his stepmother and stepbrother after his father's death. The themes of perseverance, fairness, and the struggle for rightful inheritance play key roles in the story as John seeks to navigate his new reality where he finds himself unjustly treated. The opening of the narrative introduces a conflict between John Oakley and Ben Brayton, his stepbrother, over a horse that has been a gift from John's late father. John's sense of injustice becomes apparent as he struggles against Ben's assertion of ownership, bolstered by their mother’s favoritism towards Ben. Following a confrontation where John demonstrates both physical and moral courage, the drama unfolds, hinting at deeper familial tensions. The reader sees John's determination to stand up for his rights even as he navigates his precarious position within a new family dynamic, setting the stage for an exploration of justice, integrity, and ambition throughout the rest of the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Selfishness -- Juvenile fiction Inheritance and succession -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 425442 2025-06-21T14:11:13.395271 text/html 412842 2024-10-23T01:48:19 text/html 980618 2025-06-21T14:11:21.381299 application/epub+zip 984622 2025-06-21T14:11:14.734234 application/epub+zip 233987 2025-06-21T14:11:14.046243 application/epub+zip 1148906 2025-06-21T14:11:26.658263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1091047 2025-06-21T14:11:20.581189 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343588 2022-09-24T17:53:43.920726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373625 2023-09-23T10:41:58.960815 text/plain 353714 2024-10-23T01:48:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17771 2025-06-21T14:11:26.910177 application/rdf+xml 30698 2025-06-21T14:11:14.165237 image/jpeg 4200 2025-06-21T14:11:14.105238 image/jpeg 886018 2025-06-21T14:11:13.464229 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia