Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

The story centers on Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery, in New York City. She is seduced by one of her brother's friends, and is seen as effectively ruined. She ends up alone, driven to prostitution by poverty and abuse. Crane's naturalistic style allowed him to write about class, alcoholism, hypocrisy, determinism, and gender and sexuality in ways that were not common in the literature of the time.

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets was considered risqué by publishers because of its literary...