Stephen Crane





Stephen Crane

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born
in Newark, New Jersey, The United States
November 01, 1871

died
June 05, 1900

gender
male

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Stephen Crane was an American novelist, poet and journalist, best known for the novel Red Badge of Courage. That work introduced the reading world to Crane's striking prose, a mix of impressionism, naturalism and symbolism. He died at age 28 in Badenweiler, Baden, Germany.



Average rating: 3.27 · 65,281 ratings · 2,295 reviews · 156 distinct works · Similar authors
The Red Badge of Courage
3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 42,430 ratings — published 1895 — 446 editions
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 13,197 ratings6 editions
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 3,311 ratings — published 1892 — 143 editions
The Open Boat and Other Sto...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,363 ratings — published 1968 — 22 editions
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3.14 of 5 stars 3.14 avg rating — 759 ratings — published 1895 — 13 editions
Complete Poems of Stephen C...
4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 1951 — 7 editions
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3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1893 — 5 editions
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3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 262 ratings2 editions
The Blue Hotel
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1898 — 12 editions
More books by Stephen Crane…
“In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, ‘Is it good, friend?’
‘It is bitter — bitter,’ he answered,
‘But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart.”
Stephen Crane, Complete Poems of Stephen Crane

“A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!'
'However,' replied the universe.
'The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
Stephen Crane, War Is Kind and Other Poems

“When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples.”
Stephen Crane, The Open Boat

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