 It is generally accepted by critics that Crane's work suffered at this point due to the speed which he wrote in order to meet his high expenses.His last novel, a suspenseful and picaresque work entitled "The O'Ruddy", was finished posthumously by Robert Barr and published in 1903.Crane wrote many different types of fictional pieces while indiscriminately applying to them terms such as "story", "tale" and "sketch".