{"product_id":"9780553213553","title":"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Short Fiction","description":"Not yet famous for his Civil War masterpiece, \u003cb\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eStephen Crane was unable to find a publisher for his brilliant \u003cb\u003eMaggie: A Girl of the Streets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003efinally printing it himself in 1893.\u003cbr\u003eCondemned and misunderstood during Crane’s lifetime, this starkly realistic story of a pretty child of the Bowery has since been recognized as a landmark work in American fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Crane’s great short novel of life in turn-of-the-century New York is published in its original form, along with four of Crane’s best short stories–\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Hotel, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, The Monster, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Open Boat–\u003c\/i\u003estories of such remarkable power and clarity that they stand among the finest short stories ever written by an American.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014360973552,"sku":"9780553213553","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780553213553_p0.jpg?v=1763716076","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780553213553","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}