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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.4 EAN: 9780486275475 ISBN: 0486275477 Label: Dover Publications Manufacturer: Dover Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: May 12, 1993 Publisher: Dover Publications Studio: Dover Publications Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Amazing writer, great dealThis is short but packed with excellent short stories by Crane. I had to buy this for an english class but I've read it twice since then just because its so good. The first story takes place in Brooklyn and it seems very authentic even today. This is one of my favorite authors and I guess there's a reason they have you read him in school - to get you into reading! Rating: - New York MattersCrane has a delightfully light style of writing that can take the deepest and most sorrowful of situations, and somehow bring them light. His, "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," is a wonderful depiction of life for a 19th century girl in New York. "The Open Boat" puts you on the ship; you can naturally feel the narration and flow with him as he crashes against the waves. A wonderful read for any interested in American or New York literature. Rating: - Hard stories for hard timesStephen Crane died at the early age of 29, but in his writing he shows what he'd come through in life. I think his style is mature and hardened up, due to a life spent in difficult times. In "The Blue Hotel", he depicts a brief, brutal and enigmatic moment in the lives of several residents and migrants in Nebraska, a stupid and cruel fight in the midst of a snow blizzard. The rest of the stories have to do with Civil War episodes and other moments in the US history. My favorite tale is ... Read More Rating: - Better Than "The Red Badge of Courage"Crane proves to be an early American master of the short story. I found "Courage" to be plodding and obvious, but Crane's short stories rescue his literary reputation for me. The stories are well paced with vivid characters and little epiphany by story's end. 
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