The Red Badge of Courage
by:
Stephen Crane (author)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories Reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming, an ordinary farm boy turned soldier. This novel evokes the chaos and the dull clatter of war: the acrid smoke, the incessant rumours of coming battles, the filth and cold, the numbing...
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The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories Reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming, an ordinary farm boy turned soldier. This novel evokes the chaos and the dull clatter of war: the acrid smoke, the incessant rumours of coming battles, the filth and cold, the numbing monotony, the unworldly wailing of the dying. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781853260841 (1853260843)
Publish date: April 1st 1998
Publisher: Wordsworth
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
War,
Military,
Military History,
Civil War
Today's book is a classic that I have wanted to read for quite some time but never got around to...until now. Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage covers the American Civil War from the point of view of a Union soldier. It's the gritty portrayal of life at the front and just what it's like to la...
Beautifully written, although quite gruesome at times.
I remember reading this in high school. It's good, but I wouldn't say it's a "must read."
I remember reading this in high school. It's good, but I wouldn't say it's a "must read."
Interesting from a literary and historical standpoint, but dull to the modern reader in many ways.
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