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

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (29 Mar 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140437975
ISBN-13: 978-0140437973
Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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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.

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Poet, novelist, and journalist, Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was born in Newark, New Jersey. His works include 'The Red Badge of Courage', 'The Black Riders', a volume of poetry, and the stories 'The Open Boat' and 'The Blue Hotel'. He died of tuberculosis in Badenweiler, Germany. Lazer Ziff is Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University and the editor of Emerson's Selected Essays for Penguin Classics.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not enjoyable, 20 Feb 2006

By	Miss "crazyminx" (Coventry) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Norton Critical Editions) (Paperback)

If you have to purchase this short story for university/school other study reasons then this edition is the one to get - it includes loads of helpful critical essays.

However, if you're thinking of purchasing the book as a good read or entertaining story, don't bother. Whilst it's mildly interesting as an example of the beginning of the Naturalism movement in America, it's not particularly absorbing and despite the story only actually taking up about 60 pages, I found it difficult to read, certainly the very opposite of a page-turner.

Nothing really happens in it and the ending remains disappointingly ambiguous. Also, for a story which aimed to be realistic, the motivations of the characters are not very well examined and many of their actions seem, quite frankly, bizarre. Maggie's mother and brother are basically reduced to charicatures of the 'angry, violent, working class', without much thought given to the reasons behind their behaviour.

Basically, not worth reading unless you have to.

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