The Open Boat, and Other Stories, Stephen Crane
The Open Boat, and Other Stories, Stephen Crane
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The Open Boat, and Other Stories

Author: Stephen Crane

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2019

Synopsis

The Open Boat, and Other Stories features four prized selections by Stephen Crane, recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. “The Open Boat” is based on a harrowing incident in the author’s life: the 1897 sinking of a ship on which he was a passenger; “The Blue Hotel” and “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” reflect Crane’s early travels in Mexico and the American Southwest; and the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a galvanizing portrait of life in the slums of New York City.

About Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was an American novelist, poet, and journalist. He worked as a reporter of slum life in New York and a highly paid war correspondent for newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. He wrote many works of fiction, poems, and accounts of war, all well received but none as acclaimed as his 1895 Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage. Today he is considered one of the most innovative American writers of the 1890s and one of the founders of literary realism.

About David Colacci

David Colacci is an actor and director who has directed and performed in prominent theaters nationwide. His credits include roles from Shakespeare to Albee, as well as extensive work on new plays. As a narrator, he has won numerous Earphones Awards, earned Audie Award nominations, and been included in Best Audio of the Year lists by such publications as Publishers Weekly, AudioFile magazine, and Library Journal. He was a resident actor and director with the Cleveland Play House for eight years and has been artistic director of the Hope Summer Rep Theater since 1992.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tayib on July 12, 2008

Once, in a royal fit of frustration, I jumped up on the bed in the middle of night, the mattress balanced precariously on stolen cinder blocks, and yelled: Just put me on a boat in the middle of the ocean with one gallon of water and one box of biscuits and let me die there and then I'll tell you wh......more

Goodreads review by Albus Eugene Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore on May 07, 2018

gli albatri volavano obliqui verso est, dove il cielo era grigio, desolato ... Tre racconti. Il primo, La scialuppa, ti coinvolge e ti emoziona e, a mio avviso, nulla ha da invidiare ad altre brevi avventure sul mare, narrate da autori come Conrad o Stevenson. Mentre ero lì con loro sulla barca,......more

Goodreads review by George on July 14, 2024

This volume collects four works from the 1980s: the novella "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," and the short stories "The Open Boat," "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," and "The Blue Hotel." Stephen Crane makes a strong impression with these four short works; some of them I have re-read. It was my first......more

Goodreads review by Vladivostok on August 28, 2018

Tragic and suspenseful stories that rend the heart and fill with wonder. Intriguing characters imbue a variety of colorful American landscapes in this exceptional collection of realism. Stephen Crane is a gem; shame on me for not having read his works earlier.......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on June 01, 2007

Clear, crisp prose that doesn't turn sparse. Nature's brutality head-on. There is something about this stuff that I love, and it's somewhere between the words.......more

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