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The Red Badge of Courage

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Genre:Fiction, Children, Fiction and True Stories for Children
Language: English
Paperback
ISBN13:9780486434223
ISBN10:0486434222
Pages:160
Dimensions:5.25 x 8.25 x 0.25 inches
Weight:111.13 g
Published: May 11, 2004
Edition:10

Hardcover

ISBN13:9781402726637
ISBN10:1402726635
Pages:160
Dimensions:5.5 x 7.75 x 0.75 inches
Weight:100.07 g
Published: March 28, 2006
Edition:8

About the Book

First published in 1895, this small masterpiece set the pattern for the treatment of war in modern fiction. The novel is told through the eyes of Henry Fleming, a young soldier caught up in an unnamed Civil War battle who is motivated not by the unselfish heroism of conventional war stories, but by fear, cowardice, and finally, egotism. However, in his struggle to find reality amid the nightmarish chaos of war, the young soldier also discovers courage, humility, and perhaps, wisdom. Although Crane had never been in battle before writing The Red Badge of Courage, the book was widely praised by experienced soldiers for its uncanny re-creation of the sights, sounds, and sense of actual combat. Its publication brought Crane immediate international fame and established him as a major American writer. Today, nearly a century later, the book ranks as an enduring landmark of American fiction.