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Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie
Author: Dreiser, Theodors
"...Carrie Meebler, who emerges from poverty to glittering fame and the once-prosperous Hurstwood, who sinks to begging in the Bowery. 'Sister Carrie' was at first considered 'scandalous' since its author did not punish her heroine for her indiscretions and did not hesitate to protra theharsh details of life on the Bowery or in a Chicago factory."
ISBN: 23315
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I get it, I get it....men and capitalism are evil, put down your hammer, my head hurts.

I did enjoy this novel for describing life during the tumultuous social changes of the industrial revolution and I appreciate the impact this novel must have enjoyed when it came out. I did not enjoy the heavy handed writing and messaging.
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Dreiser is a consummate author. His writing keeps me so involved that everything else fades away.
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The story of the vicissitudes attendant upon the publisher's suppression, in 1901, of Sister Carrie is the history of America's emergence from the fog of suspicion and fear of realism in the novel.


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