Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Stephen Crane's classic first novel, a scandal upon publication, is here paired with his early collection "Lines" – a collection of 68 terse poems of depth and beauty.

Included is a short forward written two years after the publication of "Maggie," that shines a ight on why, at the time, the realism of "Maggie" was both a blessing and a curse for the young Crane.