Stephen Crane (1871-1899) died at the age of 28 and is at the beginning of modern American literature. With 'Maggie,' he shocked audiences at the turn of the century. The story of the girl from the New York slums who goes down the wrong path and ends in a tragic manner "with fateful necessity" is told with naturalistic harshness and without regard for contemporary literary taste. Unabridged and unedited text edition in the original language, with translations of difficult words at the bottom of each page, afterword, and literary references.