"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is a novella by Stephen Crane, published in 1893. The story follows Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risqué by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes. Crane financed the book's publication himself, although the original 1893 edition was printed under the pseudonym Johnston Smith. The story is followed by "George's Mother". The n