Stephen Crane
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a novella by American author Stephen Crane. It depicts a poor family in a New York neighborhood, whose parents are drunk and abusive. As the children grow up, Maggie attempts to better herself, but is defeated by her desperate surrounds and the poverty of humanity surrounding her.
Hailed as one of American literature's most influential works, The Red Badge of Courage has a young recruit facing the trials and cruelties of war. Stephen Crane's 1895 novel is set in the American Civil War. Private Henry Fleming flees from battle and his battalion, considering all lost. Stumbling upon injured soldiers, he feels the shame of deserting and of not possessing the "red badge of courage", the wounds of war. But later when Henry
...Though he died tragically at the tender age of 28, Stephen Crane left an indelible mark on American literature, helping to forge a new style of naturalism that relied heavily on vivid descriptions and conveying a sense of immediacy. These war stories, based on Crane's own experiences as a wartime correspondent and penned as he was losing his battle with the illness that would take his life, highlight the unique skills that set the author apart
...In the same vein as his most critically acclaimed novel, The Red Badge of Courage, this collection of short tales and sketches highlights author Stephen Crane's skill as a chronicler of war. Set in the Civil War period, these tales provide thought-provoking insight into the horrors of armed conflict while valorizing the bravery and selflessness of the soldiers and support staff who helped bring the cause to its just conclusion.
7) Last Words
Remarkably prolific writer Stephen Crane died of tuberculosis at the tender age of 28. But in the years before his premature demise, Crane exerted a profound influence on American literature that would resonate for decades after his death. The posthumous collection Last Words brings together a series of stories, essays, sketches, and other short pieces that were among Crane's final works.
Before he succumbed to a fatal case of tuberculosis at the age of 28, author Stephen Crane penned five remarkably accomplished novels, not to mention dozens of short stories, essays, and sketches. The novel The Third Violet delves deeply into the complexities of love, viewed through the lens of the unlikely romance that blossoms between an up-and-coming artist and an aristocratic socialite.
Though he is today best remembered as the author of the classic Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, American author Stephen Crane was widely lauded as one of the foremost practitioners of the short-story format in the early twentieth century. This fine collection brings together a number of his most highly regarded short tales, including the largely autobiographical account of the aftermath of a shipwreck, "The Open Boat."
10) Prose and poetry
When up-and-coming American author Stephen Crane died of tuberculosis at the tragically young age of 28, he left behind an uncompleted manuscript. Several years later, Canadian author Robert Barr completed the manuscript, although scholars are unsure how much writing each author contributed to the published version of the novel, a multi-generational family epic that begins in Ireland.
These ten treasured stories from the most influential authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries are selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic, oral qualities. Includes four stories by Mark Twain, two stories by Stephen Crane, two stories by Ambrose Bierce, and two stories by Jack London.
These ten treasured stories from the most influential authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries are selected for their literary
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