Maggie: a Girl of the Streets: and Other Tales of New York (Penguin Classics)

The Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York is a powerful, severe, and harshly comic portrayal of Irish immigrant life in lower New York exactly a century ago.

This collection includes 12 tales and sketches of New York written between 1892 and 1896, providing a glimpse into the destructive forces that underlie urban society and human nature.

With an introduction by Larzer Ziff, a research professor of English at Johns Hopkins University, this edition is enhanced by notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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