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The Little Regiment

Stephen Crane

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. . . which had led men into the mystic smoke.

The men about a particular fire were engaged in holding in check their jovial spirits. They moved whispering around the blaze, although they looked at it with a certain fine contentment, like labourers after a day's hard work.

There was one who sat apart. They did not address him save in tones suddenly changed. They did not regard him directly, but always in little sidelong glances.

At last a soldier from a distant fire came into this circle of light. He studied for a time the man who sat apart. Then he hesitatingly stepped closer, and said: "Got any news, Dan?"

"No," said Dan.

The new-comer shifted his feet. He looked at the fire, at the sky, at the other men, at Dan. His face expressed a curious despair; his tongue was plainly in rebellion. Finally, however, he contrived to say: "Well, there's some chance yet, Dan. Lots of the wounded are . . . Read More

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From what I understand, Crane wrote most of these stories at the request of his editors and not of his own volition. This probably explains why the stories often lack the startling style and ethical urgency that one expects from Crane. This also probably explains why, in this collection, the shorter

The Little regiment is a little book in size, but not in stature. These stories about the American Civil War have a ring of authenticity, of experience. There are explosions, there are artillery barrages and there is shooting and death. But there are several poignant observations of people who are c

I’m reading this collection of Civil War stories by Stephen Crane along with Ambrose Bierce’s Civil War stories, In the Midst of Life. I’d like to see how these writers compare since they wrote their stories within about five years of each other. They are both called realists or naturalists with som

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I'm very impressed that Crane can write this well about the war years later. Easy to picture what you think.

[anobii, Apr, 2016]
“Ehilà, Dan” … “Ehilà, Billie” …

Fredericksburg, dicembre 1862. Civil War. Dan e Billie sono arruolati nello stesso reggimento unionista. I due fratelli combatteranno insieme ai loro commilitoni e saranno sconfitti dalle truppe confederate. Le perdite saranno così elevate che p

The last book of 2017. A collection of short stories by Stephen Crane. "The Veteran" features Henry Fleming the protagonist of "The Red Badge of Courage."

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