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        The Red Badge of Courage


        setting

        United States

        time

        American Civil War

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1895

        page count

        170

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Henry Fleming

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        The cold passed slowly from the earth, and the lifting dawn revealed an army stretched across the hills, rest­ing.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)