Whilomville Stories

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Whilomville Stories is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that depict small-town American life with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Stephen Crane
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts small-town American life
genre realist fiction
short stories
hasForm prose
hasMainTheme childhood experiences
family relationships
moral development
psychological conflict
social class
hasPart "Shame"
"The Angel Child"
A Rill from the Town-Pump
surface form: "The Carriage-Lamps"

"The City Urchin and the Chaste Villagers"
"The Fight"
"The Knife"
"The Stove"
"The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps"
hasPublicationPeriod late 19th century
hasSetting fictional town of Whilomville
hasStructure collection of loosely connected stories
hasSubject American small-town society
children and adolescents in small towns
hasTargetAudience adult readers
language English
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: American realism
literarySignificance example of Stephen Crane's exploration of childhood and community dynamics
noted for psychological insight into ordinary characters
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeStyle ironic tone
psychological realism
relatedWork The Monster
The Monster and Other Stories
The Red Badge of Courage

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Stephen Crane wrote Whilomville Stories