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It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.I read (well, was assigned to read) the complete Stephen Crane library for a project in high school. But that was over 30 years ago. My main memory of Crane’s works is that they can be divided generally into two categories: man struggling in the face of an indifferent universe, and man struggling in the face of a hostile universe.
The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of Henry Fleming, a yo ...more
Dec 06, 2020
Marie (UK)
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Although this was an early classical example of its genre it failed to draw me in. I didn't like the colloquial dialogue its like trying to interpret a narrative twice. It felt heavy and plodding in nature. I didnt get a good sense of its main characters at all
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Jul 19, 2015
Jim Townsend
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