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"First published in 1893, when Stephen Crane was only twenty-one years old, Maggie is the harrowing tale of a beautiful young woman's fall into prostitution and destitution in New York City's notorious bowery slum. In vivid prose and with a sexual candour remarkable for his day,…
When his father dies a poor man, Nicholas Nickleby goes to London with his mother and sister, Kate. He hopes for help from his rich Uncle Ralph. But Ralph Nickleby is only interested in making money. So Nicholas takes a teaching job at Dotheboys Hall - a terrible school belongin…
A ne'er-do-well exploits his gentle daughter's beauty for social advancement in this masterpiece of tragic fiction. Hardy's 1891 novel defied convention to focus on the rural lower class for a frank treatment of sexuality and religion. Then and now, his sympathetic portrait of a…
Presents Stephen Crane's 1893 novel about Maggie, a beautiful young tenement girl whose life takes a downward spin when she becomes involved with Pete; and features additional writings by Crane, including "George's Mother" and other Bowery tales, and a selection of New York jour…
Presents Stephen Crane's 1893 novel about Maggie, a beautiful young tenement girl whose life takes a downward spin when she becomes involved with Pete; and features additional writings by Crane, including "George's Mother" and other Bowery tales, and a selection of New York jour…
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past, present, and future.
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
