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Stephen Crane

Men, Women, and BoatsStephen Crane Men, Women, and Boats NOTE A Number of the tales and sketches here brought together appear now for the first time between covers; others for the first time between covers in this country. All have been gathered from out-of-print volumes and old magazine files."T...

The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil WarStephen Crane The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil War THE LITTLE REGIMENT I The fog made the clothes of the men of the column in the roadway seem of a luminous quality. It imparted to the heavy infantry ove...

War is KindStephen Crane War is Kind Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.Because your lover threw wild hands toward the skyAnd the affrighted steed ran on alone,Do not weep.War is kind. Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment, Little souls who thirst for fight, These men were born to drill and die...

Active ServiceStephen Crane Active Service CHAPTER I MARJORY walked pensively along the hall. In the cool shadows made by the palms on the window ledge, her face wore the expression of thoughtful melancholy expected on the faces of the devotees who pace in cloistered gloom. She halted before a do...

The Third VioletStephen Crane The Third Violet CHAPTER I The engine bellowed its way up the slanting, winding valley. Grey crags, and trees with roots fastened cleverly to the steeps looked down at the struggles of the black monster.When the train finally released its passengers they burst forth ...

Maggie: A Girl of the StreetsStephen Crane Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Chapter I A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil's Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him.His infantile countenan...

The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarStephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War Chapter 1 The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. As the landscape changed fro...

The O'Ruddy: A RomanceBarr Robert , Crane Stephen The O'Ruddy: A Romance CHAPTER I My chieftain ancestors had lived at Glandore for many centuries and were very well known. Hardly a ship could pass the Old Head of Kinsale without some boats putting off to exchange the time of day with her, and ou...