A novel of several parts set mainly around EUROPE
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Location(s): New York City (NYC)
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 1892
In 1892 Stephen Crane (1871-1900) published Maggie, Girl of the Streets at his own expense. Considered at the time to be immature, it was a failure. Since that time it has come to be considered one of the earliest American realistic novels. Maggieis the story of a pretty child of the Bowery which is written with the same intensity and vivid scenes of his masterpiece — The Red Badge of Courage. In her short life, Maggie “blossomed in a mud puddle”, was driven to prostitution, and died by her own hand while still a teenager.
Crane, who worked as a free lance reporter, was in many ways addicted to the low life of the cities. He died at the age of 29.
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