Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Fawcett Premier Book)
by Stephen Crane

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Book Reviews of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Fawcett Premier Book)

Book Review: Not enjoyable
Summary: 2 Stars

However, if you're thinking of purchasing the book as a good read or entertaining story, don't bother. Whilst it's mildly interesting as an example of the beginning of the Naturalism movement in America, it's not particularly absorbing and despite the story only actually taking up about 60 pages, I found it difficult to read, certainly the very opposite of a page-turner.

Nothing really happens in it and the ending remains disappointingly ambiguous. Also, for a story which aimed to be realistic, the motivations of the characters are not very well examined and many of their actions seem, quite frankly, bizarre. Maggie's mother and brother are basically reduced to charicatures of the 'angry, violent, working class', without much thought given to the reasons behind their behaviour.

Basically, not worth reading unless you have to.

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