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The Monster and Other Stories (Paperback)
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The Monster and Other Stories (Paperback)
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The Monster and Other Stories (1899) is a collection of short
fiction by American writer Stephen Crane. "The Monster," a novella,
was originally published in 1898 in Harper's Magazine and has since
been recognized as one of Crane's most important works, a story
which critiques the racism prevalent in American society. In 1899,
it was published alongside "The Blue Hotel" and "His New Mittens"
in The Monster and Other Stories, which was the last work by Crane
to be published during his lifetime. In "The Monster," set in the
fictional town of Whilomville, an African American coachmen
employed by the wealthy Trescott family is horribly disfigured
while attempting to save their young son Jimmie from a house fire.
Despite his gruesome injuries, Henry Johnson survives, and Dr.
Trescott gratefully nurses him back to health and offers him a
place to stay on the family property. Meanwhile, the white
townspeople, who view Johnson as a monster, vilify the Trescotts
for transgressing the unspoken rules of racial segregation. As
Johnson attempts to return to some sense of normalcy, he is
rejected both by the African American and white communities, and
retreats into a lonely, quiet life. "The Blue Hotel" is a story of
violence, fate, and hatred, of a place where loneliness reigns
among strangers, and where fear is a troublesome friend. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Stephen Crane's The Monster and Other Stories is a
classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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