The Monster and Other Stories
Crane, Stephen![The Monster and Other Stories](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/240/24098870/CHSBZCOP0324098870.jpg)
The Monster is an 1898 novella by American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). The story takes place in the small, fictional town of Whilomville, New York. An American-African coachman named Henry Johnson, who is employed by the town's physician, Dr. Trescott, becomes horribly disfigured after he saves Trescott's son from a fire. When Henry is branded a "monster" by the town's residents, Trescott vows to shelter and care for him, resulting in hi...