Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York IllustratedSolon Robinson
Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated
by OpenStories
Original author: Solon Robinson
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"Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated" by Solon Robinson is a collection of short stories published in 1854. Originally appearing in the New York Tribune, these tales expose life among New York City's poor in the Five Points neighborhood. The stories sparked a brief but intense cultural phenomenon, inspiring songs and stage adaptations. Yet the book's graphic depictions of poverty, alcoholism, and vice generated fierce controversy, with critics torn between praising its moral message and condemning its explicit content.
Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated, by Solon Robinson. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #37268.
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22 Chapters
- 1.Introduction1,024 words
- 2.Chapter I: Our Title.--The Story8,398 words
- 3.Chapter II: A1,506 words
- 4.Chapter III: Wild Maggie6,296 words
- 5.Chapter IV: The Temptation.--The Fall4,135 words
- 6.Chapter V: The Two Penny Marriage3,084 words
- 7.Chapter VI: The Home of Little Katy2,944 words
- 8.Chapter VII: Maggie's Mother5,212 words
- 9.Chapter VIII: Athalia, the Sewing Girl4,883 words
- 10.Chapter IX: Athalia, the Sewing Girl4,477 words
- 11.Chapter X: Athalia, the Sewing Girl4,139 words
- 12.Chapter XI: Life at the Five Points9,084 words
- 13.Chapter XII: Athalia, the Sewing Girl6,552 words
- 14.Chapter XIII: The Little Pedlar.--More of Athalia (1)8,758 words
- 15.Chapter XIII: The Little Pedlar.--More of Athalia (2)7,433 words
- 16.Chapter XIV: New Scenes and New Characters4,311 words
- 17.Chapter VI: , "The Home of Little Katy," and read over the story of the2,858 words
- 18.Chapter XV: Little Katy's Mother2,256 words
- 19.Chapter XVI: Agnes Brentnall4,826 words
- 20.Chapter XVII: The Intelligence Office.--Agnes7,061 words
- 21.Chapter XVIII2,595 words
- 22.Chapter THE LAST: All things must have an end2,868 words