THEODORE DREISER: Novels, Short Stories, Essays & Biographical Works (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Urban naturalism and social realism: 7 novels, 12 stories, essays & biographyBy Theodore Dreiser
Length200h 24m
About this audiobook
THEODORE DREISER: Novels, Short Stories, Essays & Biographical Works gathers the breadth of one of American naturalism's defining voices, from expansive fiction to reflective nonfiction and autobiographical inquiry. Across these writings, Dreiser examines ambition, desire, poverty, social mobility, and moral compromise with a prose style that is deliberately plain, cumulative, and psychologically insistent. His work belongs to the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century movement that challenged genteel realism, replacing moral certainty with social determinism and an unsparing attention to economic forces. Dreiser's own life profoundly shaped this vision. Born in Indiana in 1871 to a poor German-American family, he knew instability, religious tension, and class aspiration firsthand. His career in journalism sharpened his eye for urban life, scandal, commerce, and the hidden machinery of public success. These experiences helped form the author of Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, a writer persistently drawn to the conflict between individual longing and impersonal social power. This volume is recommended for readers seeking a substantial encounter with modern American literary consciousness. It will especially reward those interested in realism, naturalism, social criticism, and the evolution of the American novel.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length200 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 15, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THEODORE DREISER: Novels, Short Stories, Essays & Biographical Works (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Novels
7Sister Carrie
8Chapter I: The Magnet Attracting — A Waif Amid Forces
9Chapter II: What Poverty Threatened — Of Granite and Brass
10Chapter III: Wee Question of Fortune — Four-Fifty a Week
11Chapter IV: The Spendings of Fancy — Facts Answer with Sneers
12Chapter V: A Glittering Night Flower — The Use of a Name
13Chapter VI: The Machine and the Maiden — A Knight of to-Day
14Chapter VII: The Lure of the Material — Beauty Speaks for Itself
15Chapter VIII: Intimations by Winter — An Ambassador Summoned
16Chapter IX: Convention’s Own Tinder-Box — The Eye that is Green
17Chapter X: The Counsel of Winter — Fortune’s Ambassador Calls
18Chapter XI: The Persuasion of Fashion — Feeling Guards O’er its Own
19Chapter XII: Of the Lamps of the Mansions — The Ambassador Plea
20Chapter XIII: His Credentials Accepted — A Babel of Tongues
21Chapter XIV: With Eyes and Not Seeing — One Influence Wanes
22Chapter XV: The Irk of the Old Ties — The Magic of Youth
23Chapter XVI: A Witless Aladdin — The Gate to the World
24Chapter XVII: A Glimpse Through the Gateway — Hope Lightens the Eye
25Chapter XVIII: Just Over the Border — A Hail and Farewell
26Chapter XIX: An Hour in Elfland — A Clamour Half Heard
27Chapter XX: The Lure of the Spirit — The Flesh in Pursuit
28Chapter XXI: The Lure of the Spirit — The Flesh in Pursuit
29Chapter XXII: The Blaze of the Tinder — Flesh Wars with the Flesh
30Chapter XXIII: A Spirit in Travail — One Rung Put Behind
31Chapter XXIV: Ashes of Tinder — A Face at the Window
32Chapter XXV: Ashes of Tinder — The Loosing of Stays
33Chapter XXVI: The Ambassador Fallen — A Search for the Gate
34Chapter XXVII: When Waters Engulf Us We Reach for a Star
35Chapter XXVIII: A Pilgrim, an Outlaw — The Spirit Detained
36Chapter XXIX: The Solace of Travel — The Boats of the Sea
37Chapter XXX: The Kingdom of Greatness — The Pilgrim a Dream
38Chapter XXXI: A Pet of Good Fortune — Broadway Flaunts its Joys
39Chapter XXXII: The Feast of Belshazzar — A Seer to Translate
40Chapter XXXIII: Without the Walled City — The Slope of the Years
41Chapter XXXIV: The Grind of the Millstones — A Sample of Chaff
42Chapter XXXV: The Passing of Effort — The Visage of Care
43Chapter XXXVI: A Grim Retrogression — The Phantom of Chance
44Chapter XXXVII: The Spirit Awakens — New Search for the Gate
45Chapter XXXVIII: In Elf Land Disporting — The Grim World Without
46Chapter XXXIX: Of Lights and of Shadows — The Parting of Worlds
47Chapter XL: A Public Dissension — A Final Appeal
48Chapter XLI: The Strike
49Chapter XLII: A Touch of Spring — The Empty Shell
50Chapter XLIII: The World Turns Flatterer — An Eye in the Dark
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