In a damp, old sussex castle, American literary phenomenon stephen crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, co...In a damp, old sussex castle, American literary phenomenon stephen crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, cora, in part to avoid gossip about her ignominious past as the proprietress of an infamous Florida bordello, the hotel de dream.