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Maggie, a Girl of the Streets and Selected Stories - Stephen Crane, Tom Wolfe, Alfred Kazin
Maggie, a Girl of the Streets and Selected Stories
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When Maggie was published, society was unprepared for its grim and stark tale of a pretty young girl's fall in New York's Bowery, and its criticism of the irresponsibility of men toward women. Stephen Crane also exhibits his stunning genius in the five other stories of this collection, from the... show more
When Maggie was published, society was unprepared for its grim and stark tale of a pretty young girl's fall in New York's Bowery, and its criticism of the irresponsibility of men toward women. Stephen Crane also exhibits his stunning genius in the five other stories of this collection, from the local color of small-town life to the bustle of the city to war stories full of the irony of heroism. The six make up an enduring testimony to one of America's finest writers.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN: 9780451529985 (0451529987)
ASIN: 451529987
Publisher: Signet Classics
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
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Flying Kick-a-pow!
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I guess I'll eventually bother to review this, but it will probably be a rather dull review. So. Yeah.
lonesomepoint
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I thought I'd never read a book sadder than The Chocolate War, but I was wrong. Maggie: A Girl of The Streets is desolate. What I found most disturbing about it is that Maggie largely doesn't have parents, and certainly not loving parents. Both parents are alcoholics, and the father dies early. The ...
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