Length16h 24m
About this audiobook
'Sister Carrie: A Novel' by Theodore Dreiser is a story revolving around a young country girl, Carrie, who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress. This profound novel reflects upon the role of women, their status, desires and the understanding of morality in the late 19th century.
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GenreOther
Length16 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 1, 1900
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1 Chapter 1: The magnet attracting: A waif amid forces
2 Chapter 2: What poverty threatened: Of granite and brass
3 Chapter 3: Wee question of fortune: Four-fifty a week
4 Chapter 4: The spendings of fancy: Facts answer with sneers
5 Chapter 5: A glittering night flower: The use of a name
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6 Chapter 6: The machine and the maiden: A knight of to-day
7 Chapter 7: The lure of the material: Beauty speaks for itself
8 Chapter 8: Intimations by winter: An ambassador summoned
9 Chapter 9: Convention’s own tinder-box: The eye that is green
10 Chapter 10: The counsel of winter: Fortune’s ambassador calls
11 Chapter 11: The persuasion of fashion: Feeling guards o’er its own
12 Chapter 12: Of the lamps of the mansions: The ambassador plea
13 Chapter 13: His credentials accepted: A babel of tongues
14 Chapter 14: With eyes and not seeing: One influence wanes
15 Chapter 15: The irk of the old ties: The magic of youth
16 Chapter 16: A witless Aladdin: The gate to the world
17 Chapter 17: A glimpse through the gateway: Hope lightens the eye
18 Chapter 18: Just over the border: A hail and farewell
19 Chapter 19: An hour in Elfland: A clamour half heard
20 Chapter 20: The lure of the spirit: The flesh in pursuit
21 Chapter 21: The lure of the spirit: The flesh in pursuit
22 Chapter 22: The blaze of the tinder: Flesh wars with the flesh
23 Chapter 23: A spirit in travail: One rung put behind
24 Chapter 24: Ashes of tinder: A face at the window
25 Chapter 25: Ashes of tinder: The loosing of stays
26 Chapter 26: The ambassador fallen: A search for the gate
27 Chapter 27: When waters engulf us we reach for a star
28 Chapter 28: A pilgrim, an outlaw: The spirit detained
29 Chapter 29: The solace of travel: The boats of the sea
30 Chapter 30: The kingdom of greatness: The pilgrim adream
31 Chapter 31: A pet of good fortune: Broadway flaunts its joys
32 Chapter 32: The feast of Belshazzar: A seer to translate
33 Chapter 33: Without the walled city: The slope of the years
34 Chapter 34: The grind of the millstones: A sample of chaff
35 Chapter 35: The passing of effort: The visage of care
36 Chapter 36: A grim retrogression: The phantom of chance
37 Chapter 37: The spirit awakens: New search for the gate
38 Chapter 38: In Elf land disporting: The grim world without
39 Chapter 39: Of lights and of shadows: The parting of worlds
40 Chapter 40: A public dissension: A final appeal
41 Chapter 41: The strike
42 Chapter 42: A touch of spring: The empty shell
43 Chapter 43: The world turns flatterer: An eye in the dark
44 Chapter 44: And this is not Elf land: What gold will not buy
45 Chapter 45: Curious shifts of the poor
46 Chapter 46: Stirring troubled waters
47 Chapter 47: The way of the beaten: A harp in the wind
