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Sister Carrie
Theodore Dreiser
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Description for Sister Carrie
Paperback. Presents a story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man which marked the beginning of the naturalist movement in America. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
A landmark in American literature, presented in its complete and unexpurgated version. Dreiser's unsparing story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man marked the beginning of the naturalist movement in America. Both its subject matter and Dreiser's objective, nonmoralizing approach made it highly controversial, and only a heavily edited version could be published in 1900. In this restored version, the truly revolutionary nature of Sister Carrie is made fully evident.
A landmark in American literature, presented in its complete and unexpurgated version. Dreiser's unsparing story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man marked the beginning of the naturalist movement in America. Both its subject matter and Dreiser's objective, nonmoralizing approach made it highly controversial, and only a heavily edited version could be published in 1900. In this restored version, the truly revolutionary nature of Sister Carrie is made fully evident.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140188288
SKU
V9780140188288
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About Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. After a poor and difficult childhood, Dreiser broke into newspaper work in Chicago in 1892. A successful career as a magazine writer in New York during the late 1890s was followed by his first novel, Sister Carrie (1900). When this work made little impact, Dreiser published no fiction until Jennie Gerhardt in 1911. There then followed ... Read more
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