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Maggie: a Girl of the Streets

and Other Tales of New York

and Other Tales of New York

By Stephen Crane
Introduction by Larzer Ziff

By Stephen Crane
Introduction by Larzer Ziff

By Stephen Crane
Introduction by Larzer Ziff

By Stephen Crane
Introduction by Larzer Ziff

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    About Maggie: a Girl of the Streets

    “A powerful, severe, and harshly comic portrayal of Irish immigrant life in lower New York exactly a century ago.” —Alfred Kazin

    Maggie, a powerful exploration of the destructive forces that underlie urban society and human nature, produced a scandal when it was first published in 1893. This volume includes “George’s Mother” and eleven other tales and sketches of New York written between 1892 and 1896.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Maggie: a Girl of the Streets

    Stephen Crane’s first novel is the tale of a pretty young slum girl driven to brutal excesses by poverty and loneliness. It was considered so sexually frank and realistic, that the book had to be privately printed at first. It and GEORGE’S MOTHER, the shorter novel that follows in this edition, were eventually hailed as the first genuine expressions of Naturalism in American letters and established their creator as the American apostle of an artistic revolution which was to alter the shape and destiny of civilization itself.

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    About Stephen Crane

    Stephen Crane was born in 1871, in Newark, New Jersey. He attempted college twice, the second time failing a theme-writing course while writing articles for newspapers such as the New York Tribune. In 1892 Crane moved to the poverty of New York City’s… More about Stephen Crane

    About Stephen Crane

    Stephen Crane was born in 1871, in Newark, New Jersey. He attempted college twice, the second time failing a theme-writing course while writing articles for newspapers such as the New York Tribune. In 1892 Crane moved to the poverty of New York City’s… More about Stephen Crane

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $12.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Aug 01, 2000 | 272 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140437973

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Aug 01, 2000 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9781101661543

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    Table Of Contents

    Edited and with an Introduction by Larzer Ziff with the Assistance of Theo Davis

    Introduction: Stephen Crane’s New York by Larzer Ziff
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Note on the Texts

    Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York) (1893)

    George’s Mother (1896)

    Tales of New York
    The Broken-Down Van (1892)
    An Ominous Baby (1893, 1894)
    A Great Mistake (1893, 1896)
    A Dark-Brown Dog (1893, 1901)
    An Experiment in Misery (1894)
    An Experiment in Luxury (1894)
    Mr. Binks’ Day Off (1894)
    The Men in the Storm (1894)
    When Man Falls, A Crowd Gathers (1894)
    An Eloquence of Grief (1896, 1898)
    Adventures of a Novelist (1896)

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