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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

by Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900

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"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" by Stephen Crane is a novella published in 1893. Set in New York's Bowery district, it follows young Maggie Johnson as she struggles to escape grinding poverty and her brutal, alcoholic family. When a seemingly refined bartender named Pete offers hope for a better life, Maggie pursues the relationship—only to face abandonment and condemnation from those around her. This stark work of literary realism explores determinism, hypocrisy, and the inescapable cycle of urban poverty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T09:30:13.117Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author Crane, Stephen, died 1900; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/447; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 82d211276ccdd1dd5812990ab648ba7476ee60ccbce58c60f5fa9356db4734d2; RDF SHA256 7695d858bdddc4fd3431c44cd932019984578df16636647a91416963bab79f75. Author identity/date reference checked 2026-09-28: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73.

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