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Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie
Author: Theodore Dreiser
"American writing, before and after Dreiser's time, differed almost as much as biology before and after Darwin," said H. L. Mencken. Sister Carrie, Dreiser's great first novel, transformed the conventional "fallen woman" story into a bold and truly innovative piece of fiction when it appeared in 1900. Naïve young Caroline Meeber, a small-to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553210583
ISBN-10: 0553210580
Publication Date: 1982
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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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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