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The Red Badge of Courage
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November 1, 2017
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November 30, 2017
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What Members Thought

Shirley (stampartiste)
Unfortunately for Stephen Crane, I kept comparing The Red Badge of Courage to Howard Bahr’s three Civil War novels I read this past year. Crane’s substance and style could not compare to Bahr’s beautiful and heartbreaking prose, and the feeling that Bahr had witnessed the ravages of war while Crane had not.

Where Bahr’s characters seemed real flesh and blood men, Crane chose to present his characters as caricatures of soldiers. While some of Crane’s characters were given names, Crane chose to ref
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Jun 14, 2016 rated it liked it
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Nov 21, 2016 rated it did not like it
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Nov 02, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jan 18, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Steve Knier
Jun 11, 2020 rated it it was amazing
adele
Oct 10, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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