Crane: 738 books

Here is Stephen Crane's masterpiece, The Red Badge of Courage, together with four of his most famous short stories. Outstanding in their portrayal of violent emotion and quiet tension, these texts led the way for great American writers such as Ernest Hemingway.

This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on the subject, Crane's novel does not concentrate on the big picture or the glory of war but on the psychology of one of its soldiers.

When up-and-coming American author Stephen Crane died of tuberculosis at the tragically young age of 28, he left behind an uncompleted manuscript. Several years later, Canadian author Robert Barr completed the manuscript, although scholars are unsure how much writing each author contributed to the published version of the novel, a multi-generational family epic that begins in Ireland.

Published in 1896, this quasi-sequel to Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893), explores and exposes the dark side of life in the Bowery using the same technique of literary realism that Crane had employed in the earlier novel and in his Civil War masterpiece, The Red Badge of Courage (1895).

The Black Riders and Other Lines and War is Kind, was unconventional for the time in that it was written in free verse without rhyme, meter, or even titles for individual works. They are typically short in length and although several poems, such as "Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind", use stanzas...

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a novella by American author Stephen Crane. It depicts a poor family in a New York neighborhood, whose parents are drunk and abusive. As the children grow up, Maggie attempts to better herself, but is defeated by her desperate surrounds and the poverty of humanity surrounding her.

The Third Violet by Stephen Crane.

Maggie is "regarded as the first work of unalloyed naturalism in American fiction." According to the naturalistic principles, a character is set into a world where there is no escape from one's biological heredity. Additionally, the circumstances in which a person finds oneself will dominate...

Stephen Crane’s first novel, Maggie – A Girl of the Streets has been called “The first dark flower of American Naturalism” for its distinctive elements of naturalistic fiction. The chief character, Maggie, descends into prostitution after being led astray by her lover. Rather than focusing...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. A novella exploring the divides between urban and rural, artist...

The Third Violet, a story of bohemian life among the poor artists of New York. Stephen Crane was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist who wrote prolifically in his short life, becoming one of the best writers in the genres of Realism and Naturalism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. The Black Riders and Other Lines is a book of poetry written...

THE BABYS OWN AESOP is a one of the most popular children's book illustrators of all time: This is beautifully color classic works in affordable, high quality, using the original text by Walter Crane, was an English children's book artist illustrator and writer. This works can delight another generation...

Princess Belle-Etoile A Picture Book Walter Crane [Zhingoora Books]