Maggie a Girl of the Streets

Stephen Crane's groundbreaking novella, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, is a searing portrayal of life in the slums of late 19th-century New York. Regarded as one of the earliest works of American literary naturalism, the book charts the tragic descent of a young girl, Maggie Johnson, who is born into poverty and raised in a violent, dysfunctional family. Seeking love, beauty, and escape from her grim surroundings, Maggie is quickly seduced by promises of a better life, only to be abandoned ...