{"product_id":"9780486801384","title":"The Monster and Other Stories","description":"The harrowing title tale from this collection recounts the experiences of an African-American coachman who becomes horribly disfigured after rescuing his employer's son from a fire. A study of race and tolerance as well as the challenges posed by deformity, this major work by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/i\u003e originally appeared in 1898. The last of Stephen Crane's work to be published in his lifetime, the story was rediscovered in the mid-twentieth century and acclaimed by Ralph Ellison as \"one of the parents of the modern American novel.\"\u003cbr\u003eThis volume also features two additional short stories by Crane: \"The Blue Hotel,\" in which a nervous visitor is led astray by his own preconceptions about the Wild West, and \"His New Mittens,\" the touching tale of a little boy who allows himself to be goaded into a snowball fight and attempts to outrun his mistake.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170622423280,"sku":"9780486801384","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486801384_p0.jpg?v=1763708914","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486801384","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}