What Are Horatio Alger Stories

What are Horatio Alger stories?

A) Memoirs of Horatio Alger and his travels through the U.S., observing how people define the American Dream.
B) Horatio Alger was a 20^th-century writer of fiction about NYC youth. Typically the main character, a young man who was destitute and orphaned, was nevertheless resourceful and of good character. Ultimately the boy is rewarded for his efforts and uses that opportunity as a springboard to a better life.
C) Fables by Horatio Alger about poor people with bad values which served to stigmatize the poor in 20^th-century American cities.
D) Journalist Horatio Alger investigated and reported on rags-to-riches stories among NYC immigrants who came to the U.S. to pursue the American Dream.