Henry Fleming is a young private in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Overcome with shame after he flees from the battlefield, he yearns for a wound, a "red badge of courage," to offset his cowardice. Noted for its realistic depiction of war, The Red Badge of Courage was an instant bestseller and inspired several film adaptations.
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Henry Fleming is a young private in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Overcome with shame after he flees from the battlefield, he yearns for a wound, a "red badge of courage," to offset his cowardice. Noted for its realistic depiction of war, The Red Badge of Courage was an instant bestseller and inspired several film adaptations.
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this book was complicated and yet it was pretty good. i didn't like it as much as someone else would but it was still a novel that depicted the war through the eyes of a young soldier and told it well