Active Service Author:Stephen Crane 1901. Crane, the iconoclastic novelist, poet, short-story writer, journalist, and war correspondent who propelled American literature into the modernist age. His second novel, The Red Badge Of Courage, brought him international fame. Active Service begins: Marjory walked pensively along the hall. In the cool shadows made by the palms on the wind... more »ow ledge, her face wore the expression of thoughtful melancholy expected on the faces of the devotees who pace in cloistered gloom. She halted before a door at the end of the hall and laid her hand on the knob. She stood hesitating, her head bowed. It was evident that this mission was to require great fortitude. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.« less