The House on Mango Street & Woman Hollering Creek & Other Stories is a collection containing Sandra Cisneros 1984 novel and many of her short stories. The stories deal with issues of multiculturalism, examining the experience of Mexicans living in the United States, particularly women. The House on Mango Street is about a girl named Esperanza Cordero growing up in Chicago. The book is comprised of short poetic vignettes that depict her coming of age and her longing to leave her constricting life on Mango Street.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Stories a collection of stories by Stephen Crane. The title story, is Maggie's attempts to rise from poverty. Growing up in Manhattan with her domineering parents and brother Jimmie, Maggie eventually finds a menial job and begins to date Jimmie's friend Pete. Jimmy and his family disapprove, slandering and destroying the relationship, eventually convincing Pete to abandon her. Pete goes on to happiness and success, while Maggie becomes a prostitute and dies.