Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York

Plt;bPgt;Pquot;A powerful, severe, and harshly comic portrayal of Irish immigrant life in lower New York exactly a century ago.Pquot; P#8212;Alfred KazinPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;iPgt;MaggiePlt;/iPgt;, a powerful exploration of the destructive forces that underlie urban society and human nature, produced a scandal when it was first published in 1893. This volume includes Pquot;GeorgeP#39;s MotherPquot; and eleven other tales and sketches of New York written between 1892 and 1896.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700P#160;titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theP#160;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateP#160;translations by award-winning translators.