- Mint Editions
- 2021
- Taschenbuch
- 74 Seiten
- ISBN 9781513269535
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) is a novel by American writer Stephen Crane. Self-published by Crane when the author was only 22 years old, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets has since been recognized as the first work of American literary Naturalism. Inspired by his experience as a working reporter in Manhattan, Crane sought to explore the effects of poverty, alcoholism, and abuse on a character whose determination and moral goodness are entirely ill- suited for survival. The story begins with Jimmie Johnson, a young boy whose family lives in squalor in Manhattan¿s Bowery neighborhood. When he tries to fight a gang of older
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