Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" was considered too risqué by publishers. Maggie is regarded as the first work of unalloyed naturalism in American fiction. According to the naturalistic principles, a character is set into a world where there is no escape from one's biological heredity. Additionally, the circumstances in which a person finds oneself will dominate one's behavior, depriving the individual of responsibility.