A Great MistakeA Great Mistake
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Streaming Audiobook, 2011
Current format, Streaming Audiobook, 2011, Unabridged, Available.Streaming Audiobook, 2011
Current format, Streaming Audiobook, 2011, Unabridged, Available. Offered in 0 more formats"A Great Mistake", which is quite short, is an unexpected Stephen Crane jewel. Crane is best known for three short stories, "The Open Boat", thought by many to be the best short story ever written, "The Blue Hotel", and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky". Simply Magazine has recorded over 10 stories that deserve to be right up there with the top three. As Simply Magazine says, "This is not an NFL Power ranking or a compare and contrast assignment. This is your opportunity to enjoy many of Crane's other illuminating and moving works." " A Great Mistake" relates to a common theme of coveting something out of reach, in this case a fruit cart, when fruit was a far more expensive and unobtainable product than today. The story paints the picture and sets the scene of the "babe," to quote Crane's description, observing, dreaming, and scheming about seeing and getting fruit off the Italian's fruit stand. The denouement is violent and non-violent at the same time as the Italian "...whirled him (the babe) fiercely, and took from the little fingers a lemon." This is another remarkable and under-appreciated work by Mr. Crane.
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- [United States]: Simply Magazine , 2011., Made available through hoopla
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