Social mobility

Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance

Jr. Horatio Alger

The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack

Daniel Defoe

Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos, ejemplo de vagabundos y espejo de tacaños

Francisco de Quevedo

儒林外史

Jingzi Wu

Patrician and Plebeian
Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion

Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

Wait and Hope; Or, A Plucky Boy's Luck

Jr. Horatio Alger

Making His Way; Or, Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward

Jr. Horatio Alger

Denzil Quarrier

George Gissing

The Rise of David Levinsky

Abraham Cahan

The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes: His Fortunes and Misfortunes as Told by Himself

Anonymous

Facing the World

Jr. Horatio Alger

The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters

Thomas Hardy

Ruggles of Red Gap

Harry Leon Wilson