""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 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
By:
Stephen Crane
Contributions by:
Theo Davies
Edited by:
Larzer Ziff
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 128mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 217g
ISBN: 9780140437973
ISBN 10: 0140437975
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 04 September 2000
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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)
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.
