The Third Violet
By Stephen Crane
20 Nov, 2019
The Third Violet, a story of bohemian life among the poor artists of New York. It is Stephen Crane’s fourth short novel, written when he was 24 years old. It's much better than its reputation would suggest. It is told mostly in dialog, in chapter
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The Third Violet, a story of bohemian life among the poor artists of New York. It is Stephen Crane’s fourth short novel, written when he was 24 years old. It's much better than its reputation would suggest. It is told mostly in dialog, in chapters of three pages or less, and is largely free of the heavy similes and poetic descriptions that were a feature of Crane's earlier fiction—Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets, The Red Badge Of Courage, and George's Mother. This gives the novel a deceptive lightness. Less