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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140437975

ISBN-139780140437973

eBay Product ID (ePID)1643803

Product Key Features

Book TitleMaggie: a Girl of the Streets : and Other Tales of New York

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicPsychological, Classics, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorStephen. Crane

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight6.9 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-462421

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Table Of ContentEdited 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)

Synopsis"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 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., "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.

LC Classification NumberPS1449.C85A6 2000