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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

by Stephen Crane

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is novella by American author Stephen Crane . The story centers on Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risqué by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes.

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English

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English

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1893

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Stephen Crane

United States

Stephen Crane's fiction is typically categorized as representative of Naturalism, American realism, Impressionism or a mixture of the three. Critic Sergio Perosa, for example, wrote in his essay, "Ste...

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