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josee_hg's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
littlepanda's review against another edition
3.0
I was really disturbed while reading this book. The realism of Maggie's life was so crude that I was really bothered with all that happened to her. Stephen Crane's realistic style made it almost an introspection in the poorer life. I was impressed that even his first novel was already in the same atmosphere as his later ones.
jessfoley's review
1.0
When I found a copy of Maggie: A girl of the Streets (including George's Mother: a tragic tale of the Bowery) at Molly's Books for only $3 in the Italian Market I was over the moon. It's thrilling to read that Crane " slept in Bowery shelters; sat in a tramp's clothes in Union Square , listening to the talk of hoboes, and stood all night in a blizzard watching men in a bread line" (p.1).
I appreciate the effort , yet despite his hanging about, the resulting two short novels prove that Crane never understood the Bowery of the 1890's.
I appreciate the effort , yet despite his hanging about, the resulting two short novels prove that Crane never understood the Bowery of the 1890's.
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