The Red Badge of Courage

"The Red Badge of Courage" is an adaptation of Stephen Crane's classic novel. The story is about a young man who goes to fight in the American Civil War on the side of the North's Union Army. In order to prove his bravery, he wishes to be wounded in battle - "the red badge of courage". The simplified text has about 2500 headwords and is appropriate for intermediate learners.

The novel is included in:

• The Guardian;s list of The 100 Best Novels Written in English, No. 30;
• Ernest Hemingway's anthology Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time.

"Crane was concerned with elemental truth only… That is why his book is short. Not quite two hundred pages. Gems are small."
Joseph Conrad

"The good writers are Henry James, Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain. That's not the order they're good in. There is no order for good writers."
Ernest Hemingway

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