· Maggie: A girl of the Streets was a short story written by Stephen Crane. From its perceptive, one accounts that growing up in a brutal urban environment can have multiple outcomes in society because some people can end up dead. Some people can get out of that situation and become successful. This short story is about a young girl named Maggie who grows up in the lower Manhattan Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins. The first edition of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, was published under the pseudonym Johnston Smith, in , at a time when the United States were in the midst of a series of economic and cultural crises. ‘Maggie: A Girl of the Streets’ tells of Maggie’s seduction and downfall into prostitution amid the harsh world of the Bronx, where life is a battlefield. The other tales offer a diversity of insights into social hypocrisy, child psychology, and the wild violence of the frontiersmen. Such violence is ruthlessly depicted in ‘The Blue Hotel’/5(12).
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a ground-breaking novel relating to the precarious state of women in the new industrial world at the end of the 19th century. One blemish on a reputation, and a woman would often be banned from her house, subject to earning her living on the streets, and often dying young, as Maggie does. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Short Fiction by Stephen Crane (, Mass Market) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Start studying Maggie, A girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Lauren Contreras-Loreto added it. This is a short and rather tragic story about a girl named Maggie who lives in a very poor part of town. The story considers the small change in people's lives that she makes, and the even smaller change after her death. Rather depressing. Maggie: A girl of the Streets was a short story written by Stephen Crane. From its perceptive, one accounts that growing up in a brutal urban environment can have multiple outcomes in society because some people can end up dead. Some people can get out of that situation and become successful. This short story is about a young girl named Maggie who grows up in the lower Manhattan tenement district; which is known to be a ghetto and for its dangerous environment. ‘Maggie: A Girl of the Streets’ tells of Maggie’s seduction and downfall into prostitution amid the harsh world of the Bronx, where life is a battlefield. The other tales offer a diversity of insights into social hypocrisy, child psychology, and the wild violence of the frontiersmen. Such violence is ruthlessly depicted in ‘The Blue Hotel’.
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