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While working as a freelance journalist, Theodore Dreiser wrote his first novel, "Sister Carrie" (1900). This naturalist novel was considered groundbreaking at its inception, and even scandalous as it became well known. Dreiser faced challenges getting it published, with the subject matter considered racy for readers. Despite this initial struggle, "Sister Carrie" is considered Dreiser's most prolific work.
Carrie Meeber, the main character, is a young woman from a small town in the Midwest who leaves her family to attempt to make her own way in Chicago. Her excitement at this prospect soon changes to sorrow when she realises that the life she will lead working in a factory is not glamorous. In a state of despair, she accepts money from a travelling salesman, Drouet, and she moves to his apartment, where she lives in comfort without working as his mistress. Later, she is tricked into leaving Chicago for New York with another man, Hurstwood, who is more successful than Drouet, but who soon fails...
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Romance
Length18 hrs 1 min
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Publish dateAug 5, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - THE MAGNET ATTRACTING—A WAIF AMID FORCES
2Chapter 2 - WHAT POVERTY THREATENED—OF GRANITE AND BRASS
3Chapter 3 - WEE QUESTION OF FORTUNE—FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK
4Chapter 4 - THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY—FACTS ANSWER WITH SNEERS
5Chapter 5 - A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER—THE USE OF A NAME
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6Chapter 6 - THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN—A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY
7Chapter 7 - THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL—BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
8Chapter 8 - INTIMATIONS BY WINTER—AN AMBASSADOR SUMMONED
9Chapter 9 - CONVENTION'S OWN TINDER-BOX—THE EYE THAT IS GREEN
10Chapter 10 - THE COUNSEL OF WINTER—FORTUNE'S AMBASSADOR CALLS
11Chapter 11 - THE PERSUASION OF FASHION—FEELING GUARDS O'ER ITS OWN
12Chapter 12 - OF THE LAMPS OF THE MANSIONS—THE AMBASSADOR PLEA
13Chapter 13 - HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED—A BABEL OF TONGUES
14Chapter 14 - WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING—ONE INFLUENCE WANES
15Chapter 15 - THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES—THE MAGIC OF YOUTH
16Chapter 16 - A WITLESS ALADDIN—THE GATE TO THE WORLD
17Chapter 17 - A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY—HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYE
18Chapter 18 - JUST OVER THE BORDER—A HAIL AND FAREWELL
19Chapter 19 - AN HOUR IN ELFLAND—A CLAMOUR HALF HEARD
20Chapter 20 - THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT—THE FLESH IN PURSUIT
21Chapter 21 - THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT—THE FLESH IN PURSUIT
22Chapter 22 - THE BLAZE OF THE TINDER—FLESH WARS WITH THE FLESH
23Chapter 23 - A SPIRIT IN TRAVAIL—ONE RUNG PUT BEHIND
24Chapter 24 - ASHES OF TINDER—A FACE AT THE WINDOW
25Chapter 25 - ASHES OF TINDER—THE LOOSING OF STAYS
26Chapter 26 - THE AMBASSADOR FALLEN—A SEARCH FOR THE GATE
27Chapter 27 - WHEN WATERS ENGULF US WE REACH FOR A STAR
28Chapter 28 - A PILGRIM, AN OUTLAW—THE SPIRIT DETAINED
29Chapter 29 - THE SOLACE OF TRAVEL—THE BOATS OF THE SEA
30Chapter 30 - THE KINGDOM OF GREATNESS—THE PILGRIM A DREAM
31Chapter 31 - A PET OF GOOD FORTUNE—BROADWAY FLAUNTS ITS JOYS
32Chapter 32 - THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR—A SEER TO TRANSLATE
33Chapter 33 - WITHOUT THE WALLED CITY—THE SLOPE OF THE YEARS
34Chapter 34 - THE GRIND OF THE MILLSTONES—A SAMPLE OF CHAFF
35Chapter 35 - THE PASSING OF EFFORT—THE VISAGE OF CARE
36Chapter 36 - A GRIM RETROGRESSION—THE PHANTOM OF CHANCE
37Chapter 37 - THE SPIRIT AWAKENS—NEW SEARCH FOR THE GATE
38Chapter 38 - IN ELF LAND DISPORTING—THE GRIM WORLD WITHOUT
39Chapter 39 - OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS—THE PARTING OF WORLDS
40Chapter 40 - A PUBLIC DISSENSION—A FINAL APPEAL
41Chapter 41 - THE STRIKE
42Chapter 42 - A TOUCH OF SPRING—THE EMPTY SHELL
43Chapter 43 - THE WORLD TURNS FLATTERER—AN EYE IN THE DARK
44Chapter 44 - AND THIS IS NOT ELF LAND—WHAT GOLD WILL NOT BUY
45Chapter 45 - CURIOUS SHIFTS OF THE POOR
46Chapter 46 - STIRRING TROUBLED WATERS
47Chapter 47 - THE WAY OF THE BEATEN—A HARP IN THE WIND
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