The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

I just finished The Red Badge of Courage this week. I honestly had to force my way through it. It's 150 pages that covers about 48 hours of the Civil War experience for the main character. As I was reading it I started noticing that he used adjectives excessively. The interal conflict and actual physical conflict were drawn out and frankly BORING. Do I just not know what I am missing or is this supposed classic not as good as it was believed to be when it was written? Although I enjoy historical novels, I had a really hard time with this one. I wouldn't tell someone who wants to read it not to exactly but I wouldn't recommend it.