The Red Badge of Courage

Written by Stephen Crane at the age of twenty-one ‘The Red Badge of Courage’ is one of the greatest war novels of all time—so groundbreaking that critics consider it to be the first work of modern American fiction. It is a realistic and terrifying account of the Civil War and the fear that a young soldier must face on the battlefield as well as within himself. It is a classic modern depiction of the psychological turmoil of war from the perspective of an ordinary soldier. The story revolves arou...See More