Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Paperback)

from la2bkk

I highly recommend this short work by Stephen Crane, better known for The Red Badge of Courage. Maggie: A Girl of The Streets portrays a dismal picture of life at the bottom rung of the social order in 19th century NYC, and is a damning commentary on alcoholism, poor parenting and how much enviro...

from CJ82487

While the dialogue took some getting used to and some of the terms are no longer used today, I fell in love with this story. I watched Maggie grow up, fall in love and ultimately die. Crane not only gained my attention but also my sympathy for a character so lifelike I could almost see her. I fel...

from rainpebble

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane; (4*) Novelist Stephen Crane (1871-1900) is familiar to many readers due to The Red Badge of Courage which he wrote in 1895. That one is a classic of the Civil War. This one is an 1893 classic of the hellish slums of late 19th century New York. Crane...

from TheWasp

Maggie is reared amid poverty nd two drunkard parents. Her brothers favourite past time is brawling. Her younger brother dies- more than likely from neglect - as does her father.As she grows into a young women she is rejected by her first love and her morals are questioned by her family, her moth...

from AliceAnna

Not a very good book, in my opinion. The dialect came across as ludicrous. The morality was ridiculous, but I suppose that was the point. The mother and son were probably worse morally than the daughter, but it was her state in life that destroyed her.