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Stephen Crane

Born

in Newark, New Jersey, The United States

November 01, 1871

Died

June 05, 1900

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, poet and journalist, best known for the novel, The Red Badge of Courage. That work introduced the reading world to Crane's striking prose, a mix of impressionism, naturalism and symbolism. He died at age 28 in Badenweiler, Baden, Germany.

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	The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 109,924 ratings — published 1894 — 1450 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction by Stephen Crane, Richard Fusco (Introduction) 3.66 avg rating — 28,020 ratings — published 1895 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maggie: A Girl of the Streets 3.30 avg rating — 9,500 ratings — published 1893 — 1182 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Open Boat 3.64 avg rating — 4,990 ratings — published 1897 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York by Stephen Crane, Larzer Ziff (Editor, Introduction by), Theo Davis (Contributor) 3.63 avg rating — 2,972 ratings — published 1893 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Open Boat and Other Stories 3.82 avg rating — 1,920 ratings — published 1898 — 169 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Hotel by Stephen Crane, Jean-Luc Defromont (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 1,480 ratings — published 1896 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane by Stephen Crane, Joseph Katz (Introduction) 4.31 avg rating — 790 ratings — published 1899 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canavar 3.38 avg rating — 880 ratings — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Short Fiction by Stephen Crane, Jayne Anne Phillips (Goodreads Author) (Introduction by) 3.36 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 1969 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A Man Said to the Universe

A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
― Stephen Crane, War Is Kind and Other Poems

tags: existence, meaning, poetry, purpose, universe

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“In the Desert

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;

“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”
― Stephen Crane, The Black Riders and Other Lines

tags: bitterness, heart, poetry

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“When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples.”
― Stephen Crane, Open Boat

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July 2016 Old School Classic Poll

1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 438 pages

51 votes, 23.2%

1390, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, 504 pages

46 votes, 20.9%

1865, Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, 720 pages

25 votes, 11.4%

1857, The Professor by Charlotte Brontë, 269 pages

23 votes, 10.5%

1862, Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, 244 pages

20 votes, 9.1%

1895, Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, 310 pages

20 votes, 9.1%

1895, The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, 170 pages

19 votes, 8.6%

1867, Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, 201 pages

9 votes, 4.1%

1862, Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert, 288 pages

7 votes, 3.2%

220 total votes

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