| Stephen Cranersquo;s weirdly impressionistic The Red Badge of Courage is one of the first non-romantic novels of the Civil War-and the first nonshy;romantic account to gain wide popularity. Paul Sorrentino introduces Red Badge to a new generation of readers for a fuller appreciation of the novel and its effects. He has selected as his text the first edition, published by D. Appleton & Co. in 1895. |
| Maggis?s family are Irish immigrants living in New York in the late 1800?s. Maggie is the daughter of a drunken mother and a cruel father. She is seduced by a friend of her brother?s and subsequently thrown out by her family. She becomes a prostitute to survive. Her life is an excellent example of the harshness of urban life. |
1899
| MARJORY walked pensively along the hall. In the cool shadows made by the palms on the window ledge, her face wore the expression of thoughtful melancholy expected on the faces of the devotees who pace in cloistered gloom. She halted before a door at the end of the hall and laid her hand on the knob. She stood hesitating, her head bowed. It was evident that this mission was to require great fortitude. At last she opened the door. "Father," she began at once. There was disclosed an elderly, narrow....[more] |
1921
| Edited with an Introduction by Vincent Starrett |
1970
| Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 ? June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, poet and journalist. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, the 14th child of a Methodist minister. He died when he was 28. |
1900
| The two victims opened wide eyes at each other. The fence separated them, and so it was impossible for them to immediately engage; but they seemed to understand that they were ultimately to be sacrificed to the ferocious aspirations of the other boys, and each scanned the other to learn something of his spirit. They were not angry at all. |
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2004
| NOTE: THIS IS a DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. Johnson passed through two rooms and came to the head of the stairs. As he opened the door great billows of smoke poured out, but gripping Jimmie closer, he plunged down through them. All manner of odors assailed him during this flight. They seemed to be alive with envy, hatred, and malice. At the entrance to the laboratory he confronted a strange spectacle. the room was like a garden in the region where might be burning flowers. Flames of violet, crimson, gr....[more] |
2009
| During his short life, Crane produced stories that are among the most enduring in the history of American fiction. The works here include The Monster, An Experiment in Misery, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, and more. |
2010
| The time is 1863. The setting, the Civil War, America's bloodiest conflict. Henry Fleming, a country boy on the Union side, is full of Emotion as he and his fellow soldiers wait for their first battle to begin. Fear and courage exist at the same time, as each man undergoes his own trial by fire, his own grasping for the `red badge. |
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