Richard Whittington, a young, extremely poor boy newly orphaned, travels to London to make his way in the world. There, he is taken in by a merchant, and once he makes his first penny, buys himself a cat who will eventually bring fame to the young boy.

Excerpt from The Renowned History of Richard Whittington and His Cat Dick Whittington, was so small a boy, when his parents died, that he never knew them, nor the place where he was born. He wandered about as ragged as a colt, till he met with a waggoner going to London, who gave him leave to walk all the way by the side of his waggon. This much obliged little Whittington, as he was desirous to see London, for he had heard that the streets were paved with gold, and lie was very willing to get a bushel of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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