The Open Boat and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Stephen Crane, centered on the title story of four men struggling to survive in a small boat after a shipwreck. The other stories explore ordinary people facing crisis, fate, and nature. Crane's vivid realism makes the collection rewarding to hear.
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The Open Boat and Other Stories
New Novels for 1898 Crown 8vo, price 6s. each DREAMERS OF THE GHETTO By I. ZANGWILL THE SCOURGE-STICK By MRS. CAMPBELL PRAED THE LONDONERS By ROBERT HICHENS THE WAR OF THE WORLDS By H. G. WELLS THE FOURTH NAPOLEON By CHARLES BENHAM THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH By GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO THE MINISTER OF STATE By J. A. STEUART CLEO THE MAGNIFICENT By Z. Z. THE BROOM OF THE WAR-GOD By H. N. BRAILSFORD THE LINE OF WINE By BERNARD CAPES GOD'S FOUNDLING By A. J. DAWSON EZEKIEL'S SIN By J. A. PEARCE LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 21 BŧŠżLjǡŠ Sǵǡŧŧǵ, W.C.
The Open Boat and Other Stories By Stephen Crane Author of "The Red Badge of Courage," "The Little Regiment," "The Third Violet," etc. London William Heineman 1898