Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York (Penguin Classics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York (Penguin Classics) Book

A portrayal of the squalor and brutality of New York life. It tells the story of Maggie Johnson, a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution. It provides an exploration of the destructive forces underlying urban society and human nature.Read More

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  • Foyles

    This unflinching portrayal of the squalor and brutality of New York life produced a scandal when it was published in 1893. Crane's novel tells the story of Maggie Johnson, a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution. More than the tale of a young woman's tragic fall, this is a powerful exploration of the destructive forces underlying urban society and human nature. Also included here is 'George's Mother', along with eleven other tales and sketches of New York written between 1892 and 1896.

  • Blackwell

    Although fellow novelists William Dean Howells and Hamlin Garland immediately recognized the genius of the twenty-one-year-old author of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, in 1893 most readers were unwilling to accept its unconventional theme and were...

  • Pickabook

    Stephen Crane, Larzer Ziff (Editor), Theo Davies

  • 0140437975
  • 9780140437973
  • Stephen Crane
  • 29 March 2001
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
  • New Ed
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