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| Original Title: | Sister Carrie |
| ISBN: | 0393960420 (ISBN13: 9780393960426) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Carrie Meeber, Charles H. Drouet, Minnie Hanson, Sven Hanson, George W. Hurstwood |
| Setting: | Chicago, Illinois(United States) |
Theodore Dreiser
Paperback | Pages: 580 pages Rating: 3.75 | 35938 Users | 1413 Reviews
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When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse.'The tale of Carrie Meeber's rise to stardom in the theatre and George Hurstwood's slow decline captures the twin poles of exuberance and exhaustion in modern city life as never before. The premier example of American naturalism, Dreiser's remarkable first novel has deeply influenced such key writers as William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Saul Bellow, and Joyce Carol Oates. This edition uses the 1900 text, which is regarded as the author's final version.
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| Title | : | Sister Carrie |
| Author | : | Theodore Dreiser |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 580 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 1991 by W. W. Norton & Company (first published January 1st 1900) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Literature. American |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 35938 Users | 1413 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books Sister Carrie
I enjoyed parts of this novel but it didn't always engage. To my mind the characters depicted here for one reason or another were mercenary and cold. I realise that much of that stems from the era the novel portrays but it was difficult to drum up a lot of empathy for either Carrie or her admirers.I appreciated more the work conditions in Chicago at the turn of the century, times were tough and not for the faint hearted, only the strongest survived and flourished. From the Boxall 1000 list.Until a few weeks ago, Sister Carrie wasnt even on my guilt pile. I was finally moved to pick the book up after seeing that it was at the top of a handwritten you must read list by William Faulkner. (A Facebook thing.) Until that time, I think I had always thought, vaguely, but also without reading experience proof, of Theodore Drieser as a dour sour writer from the depressing Gilded Age. And, now after the reading, especially after the last 75 pages or so death march of a major character, I
I returned to this book after nearly two decades away and I found it as juicy and engrossing as ever.I'll be the first to acknowledge that, as stylists go, Dreiser is among the least accomplished of major American novelists. Maybe only John O'Hara compares, if he's even still considered a major author. Dreiser's word choice is no more precise than that of a Ouija board, his sentences as vibrant as chewed galoshes. But reading Dreiser for his wordsmithery is like visiting Casablanca for the
Carrie's first vision of Chicago is something many of us experience on Friday nights while driving into the city, excited about whatever the night might hold. The rollercoaster of hope and desolation coursing throughout the book was as much a part of life at the turn of the 20th century as it is at the turn of the 21st.
Woo independent women! Sister Carrie centers on Carrie Meeber, a country girl who travels to the big city to live with her sister. After a rough patch of poverty and a couple of tumultuous relationships with men, she succeeds on her own as an actress. Her rise to fame might have no actual merit, but it exemplifies a young woman's triumph in a capitalistic, patriarchal society. She renames herself Carrie Madenda and garners massive wealth and fame.Sister Carrie acted as another classic that had
Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie was the first real book I've ever read in English. I was 11, my mother just bought me a brand-spanking-new English dictionary, and my school librarians finally let me roam the section of the library where normally kids were not allowed to wreck havoc in on their own. Awed by the idea of a big book in a language I just started to somewhat understand, I reached for it, just missing the much more age-appropriate Treasure Island - but then why'd you think I'd ever
Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie was the first real book I've ever read in English. I was 11, my mother just bought me a brand-spanking-new English dictionary, and my school librarians finally let me roam the section of the library where normally kids were not allowed to wreck havoc in on their own. Awed by the idea of a big book in a language I just started to somewhat understand, I reached for it, just missing the much more age-appropriate Treasure Island - but then why'd you think I'd ever
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