false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170360323m/49545.jpg 49545 2 <P>The collected short work of an American master, including <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> and <i>Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. </i></P><P> Stephen Crane died at the age of 28 in Germany. In his short life, he produced stories that are among the most enduring in the history of American ficiton. <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> manages to capture both the realistic grit and the grand hallucinations of soldiers at war. <i>Maggie: A Girl on the Streets</i> reflects the range of Crane's ability to invest the most tragic and ordinary lives with great insight.</P><P> James Colvert writes in the introduction to this volume: &#8677;re we find once again the major elements of Crane's art: the egotism of the hero, the indifference of nature, the irony of the narrator ... Crane is concerned with the moral responsibility of the individual ... (and) moral capability depends upon the ability to see through the illusions wrought by pride and conceit &ndash;&ndash; the ability to see ourselves clearly and truly."</P><P> <i>Great Short Works of Stephen Crane</i> Includes : The <i>Red Badge of Courage; Maggie: A Girl of the Streets; The Monster</i>. Stories: An <i>Experiment in Misery; A Mystery of Heroism; An Episode of War; The Upturned Face; The Open Boat; The Pace of Youth; The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky; The Blue Hotel .</i></P> 1517708 1942 Great Short Works of Stephen Crane (Perennial Classics) total:38|5:4|4:22|3:11|2:1|1:0| 38 143 71 3 4 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 16:23:37 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 13:54:32 -0700 2009 "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...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 22 21:54:36 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 09 13:03:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Aug 17 15:54:42 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 15:55:51 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 17:22:08 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:22:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 15:01:55 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:01:55 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 20:34:54 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 20:34:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Thu Oct 15 08:25:50 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 08:26:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 07:59:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 07:59:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 08:49:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 08:49:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 06:23:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 06:23:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 09:38:11 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:38:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 11 19:47:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 19:47:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 11:13:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:13:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 21:08:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 21:08:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jun 21 12:42:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 12:42:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 29 14:15:08 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 14:15:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 29 13:42:32 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 13:42:32 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Apr 13 19:05:28 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 19:05:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 16:44:20 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 16:44:20 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 04:02:03 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 04:02:03 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=49545