The Red Badge of Courage: Maggie, a Girl of the Streets ; And, Other Selected Writings : Complete Texts with Introduction, Historical Contexts, Critical EssaysThis comprehensive volume of Crane's work includes the first published editions of The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, both of which were considerably toned down in subsequent editions for a genteel 1890s reading public. This volume also presents his short fiction, as well as a wealth of supplementary material, including historical and cultural contexts, essays on urban life and reform in the late 19th century (to accompany Maggie), Civil War backgrounds (to accompany The Red Badge of Courage), and Spanish-American War backgrounds (to accompany Crane's short writings on the subject). |
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Page 38
... death for public uses , it may be said that this is only a means for the disposal of wealth , provided a man is content to wait until he is dead before he becomes of much good in the world . Knowledge of the results of legacies ...
... death for public uses , it may be said that this is only a means for the disposal of wealth , provided a man is content to wait until he is dead before he becomes of much good in the world . Knowledge of the results of legacies ...
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... death on board the ill fated Columbus , could not pray until he had parted company with the pack of cards in his pocket . Danc- ing and theatre going lead to late hours , unsafe companionship and a dis- sipation of mind which unfits one ...
... death on board the ill fated Columbus , could not pray until he had parted company with the pack of cards in his pocket . Danc- ing and theatre going lead to late hours , unsafe companionship and a dis- sipation of mind which unfits one ...
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... Death about to thrust him between the shoulder blades was far more dreadful than death about to smite him between the eyes . When he thought of it later , he conceived the impression that it is better to view the appalling than to be ...
... Death about to thrust him between the shoulder blades was far more dreadful than death about to smite him between the eyes . When he thought of it later , he conceived the impression that it is better to view the appalling than to be ...
Contents
A GIRL OF THE STREETS | 76 |
An Experiment in Misery | 130 |
Urban Life and Reform in the Late Nineteenth | 145 |
Copyright | |
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