{"product_id":"maggie-1","title":"Maggie","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1893, when Stephen Crane was only twenty-one years old, \u003cem\u003eMaggie\u003c\/em\u003e is the harrowing tale of a young woman’s fall into prostitution and destitution in New York City’s notorious Bowery slum. In dazzlingly vivid prose and with a sexual candour remarkable for his day, Crane depicts an urban sub-culture awash with alcohol and patrolled by the swaggering gangland “tough.” Presented here with its companion piece George’s Mother and a selection of Crane’s other Bowery stories, this edition of Maggie includes a detailed introduction that places the novel in its social, cultural, and literary contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe appendices provide an unrivalled range of documentary sources covering such topics as religious and civic reform writing, slum fiction, the “new journalism,” and literary realism and naturalism. An up-to-date bibliography of scholarly work on Crane is also included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57198598455678,"sku":"NW9781551115979","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781551115979.jpg?v=1778532799","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/maggie-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}