The Monster and Other Stories

Stephen Crane

2016年10月 · The Floating Press

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Though it didn't receive as much acclaim as Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage at the time of its publication, many critics now regard the novella "The Monster" as one of the author's most accomplished works. When African-American servant Henry Johnson puts his own life on the line to save the son of his employer, he sustains horrifying injuries that disfigure him for life -- and make him a social pariah. The volume also contains a number of Crane's short stories.

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Stephen Crane authored novels, short stories, and poetry, but is best known for his realistic war fiction. Crane was a correspondent in the Greek-Turkish War and the Spanish American War, penning numerous articles, war reports and sketches. His most famous work, The Red Badge of Courage (1896), portrays the initial cowardice and later courage of a Union soldier in the Civil War. In addition to six novels, Crane wrote over a hundred short stories including "The Blue Hotel," "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," and "The Open Boat." His first book of poetry was The Black Riders (1895), ironic verse in free form. Crane wrote 136 poems. Crane was born November 1, 1871, in Newark, New Jersey. After briefly attending Lafayette College and Syracuse University, he became a freelance journalist in New York City. He published his first novel, Maggie: Girl of the Streets, at his own expense because publishers found it controversial: told with irony and sympathy, it is a story of the slum girl driven to prostitution and then suicide. Crane died June 5, 1900, at age 28 from tuberculosis.