Stephen Crane

Following its initial appearance in serial form, Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage was published as a complete work in 1895....

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a ground breaking novel relating to the precarious state of women in the new industrial world at the end of the 19th century....

In these selections, an animal plays an important role in the action or plot of the story. The animals in these stories are real or are stand-ins for...

Henry Fleming is a young private in the Union army during the American Civil War - a farm boy untested by battle. Faced with charging rebels, he flees. With his ideals shattered and his heart burdened by shame, Henry seeks an opportunity to redeem himself....

Listen to mystery stories by today's top writers and the masters who inspired them. The idea for this collection...

Most people associate storms and other big weather with death. The stories in Storm have more to say than that. Deep Blue offers compelling tales of shipwrecks and salvage, submarine adventure and free diving.....

Step into the electrifying world of "The Five White Mice," where chance and fortune collide in the streets of 19th-century New York. This gripping tale follows a group of young men whose lives revolve around the thrill of a dice game steeped in risk and reward.

When we read or listen, words can have a transforming effect. Our mood can alter in the space of a few sentences from joy to sadness. And not just our mood. These words can affect us physically, they can engage our emotions and even in their sadness bring a lump to our throat....

Selections from Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane, George Pickett, Lt. Colonel W.W. Blackford, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Sarah Morgan Dawson, George T. Stevens, John McElroy, William T. Sherman, Adeline Grey, and more....

A superb collection of captivating short stories by leading classic writers....

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that are difficult to achieve elsewhere.

A young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war....

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

"The Blue Hotel" is considered one of Crane's finest three short stories, along with the "Open Boat" and "The Bride comes to Yellow Sky".....

War is always a tragedy. There may be a winner of sorts but always a loser. The cost in injuries, death, destruction can never be fully recovered even if glossed over by a military or political elite that proclaims otherwise.

Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is a powerful exploration of the psychological and emotional toll of war. Set against the backdrop...

Will Henry be able to redeem himself on the field of battle the next day or will he live in total disgrace and shame the rest of his days? Find out in Stephen Crane’s definitive novel on the Civil War from a young soldier’s perspective, The Red Badge of Courage....

Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. In this volume people struggle valiantly to survive and to exist no matter the extent of the threat they face....

Art and life. Each the mirror of the other. This then is the classic definition of what ‘Realism’ as a writing form really is. Some might call it a fancy term for the mundane day to day pursuits but in the hands of an author it comes alive....

A compilation of popular short stories from American literature narrated by professional voice actor Jake Phillips....