1897 Short Stories (Study Guide) - The Open Boat, .007, the Lagoon, the Star, the Happy Hypocrite, the Crystal Egg, a Resurrection (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Open Boat, .007, the Lagoon, the Star, the Happy Hypocrite, the Crystal Egg, a Resurrection, the Prodigies, Nanette: an Aside, Too Dear , a Story of the Stone Age. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "The Open Boat" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane (18711900). First published in 1897, it was based on Crane's experience of having survived a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship, the SS Commodore, sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat; one of the men, an oiler named Billie Higgins, drowned. Crane's personal account of the shipwreck and the men's survival, titled "Stephen Crane's Own Story," was first published a few days after his rescue. Crane subsequently adapted his report into narrative form, and the short story "The Open Boat" was published in Scribner's Magazine. The story is told from the point of view of an anonymous correspondent, Crane's fictional doppelganger, and the action closely resembles the author's experiences after the shipwreck. A volume titled The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure was published in the United States in 1898; an English edition entitled The Open Boat and Other Stories was published simultaneously. Praised for its innovation by contemporary critics, the story is considered an exemplary work of literary Naturalism. One of the most frequently discussed works in Crane's canon, it is notable for its use of imagery, irony, symbolism, and exploration of themes including survival, solidarity, and the conflict between man and nature. H. G. Wells considered "The Op...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1584467