author
Stephen Crane
1871–1900
Best known for The Red Badge of Courage, this fiercely original American writer packed a remarkable amount into a life that lasted less than 29 years. His fiction, poetry, and war reporting helped push American literature toward a sharper, more modern realism.
16 Audiobooks
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
by Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
by Stephen Crane
War is Kind
by Stephen Crane
The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil War
by Stephen Crane
The Third Violet
by Stephen Crane
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
by Stephen Crane
Men, Women, and Boats
by Stephen Crane
Whilomville Stories
by Stephen Crane
The Open Boat and Other Stories
by Stephen Crane
The Monster and Other Stories
by Stephen Crane
Active Service
by Stephen Crane
Wounds in the rain: War stories
by Stephen Crane
The Black Riders, and Other Lines
by Stephen Crane
The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil War
by Stephen Crane
Last Words
by Stephen Crane
The O'Ruddy: A Romance
by Stephen Crane, Robert Barr
About the author
Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1871, Stephen Crane became one of the standout American writers of the 1890s. He wrote novels, short stories, poems, and journalism, and he is especially remembered for Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage.
Crane's work is often praised for its vivid style and unsentimental look at fear, violence, poverty, and human vulnerability. Although he died in 1900 at a very young age, he also built a reputation as a war correspondent, and stories such as The Open Boat helped secure his place as a major literary voice.
Modern readers still come to Crane for the intensity and clarity of his writing. His career was brief, but his influence on realism and naturalism in American literature has lasted far beyond his lifetime.