Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser
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About This Book
Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) broke new literary ground in a number of ways. Its graphic documentary style, urban setting, and concern with economic and sociological issues set it apart from popular fiction of the period. In his characteristically detailed and awkwardly methodical style, Dreiser crafted characters and situations that dramatize the forces of economic necessity, social censure, and urban anonymity. Set in turn-of-the-century Chicago and New York, the novel explores the life of Carrie Meeber, a poor rural woman whose naivete and poverty make her an ideal target for the ...
Chapters (49)
- Sister Carrie
- SISTER CARRIE
- CHAPTER I THE MAGNET ATTRACTING: A WAIF AMID FORCES
- CHAPTER II WHAT POVERTY THREATENED: OF GRANITE AND BRASS
- CHAPTER III WE QUESTION OF FORTUNE: FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK
- CHAPTER IV THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY: FACTS ANSWER WITH SNEERS
- CHAPTER V A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER: THE USE OF A NAME
- CHAPTER VI THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN: A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY
- CHAPTER VII THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL: BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
- CHAPTER VIII INTIMATIONS BY WINTER: AN AMBASSADOR SUMMONED
- CHAPTER IX CONVENTION'S OWN TINDER-BOX: THE EYE THAT IS GREEN
- CHAPTER X THE COUNSEL OF WINTER: FORTUNE'S AMBASSADOR CALLS
- CHAPTER XI THE PERSUASION OF FASHION: FEELING GUARDS O'ER ITS OWN
- CHAPTER XII OF THE LAMPS OF THE MANSIONS: THE AMBASSADOR'S PLEA
- CHAPTER XIII HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED: A BABEL OF TONGUES
- CHAPTER XIV WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING: ONE INFLUENCE WANES
- CHAPTER XV THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES: THE MAGIC OF YOUTH
- CHAPTER XVI A WITLESS ALADDIN: THE GATE TO THE WORLD
- CHAPTER XVII A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY: HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYE
- CHAPTER XVIII JUST OVER THE BORDER: A HAIL AND FAREWELL
- CHAPTER XIX AN HOUR IN ELFLAND: A CLAMOUR HALF HEARD
- CHAPTER XX THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUIT
- CHAPTER XXI THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUIT
- CHAPTER XXII THE BLAZE OF THE TINDER: FLESH WARS WITH THE FLESH
- CHAPTER XXIII A SPIRIT IN TRAVAIL: ONE RUNG PUT BEHIND
- CHAPTER XXIV ASHES OF TINDER: A FACE AT THE WINDOW
- CHAPTER XXV ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF STAYS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE AMBASSADOR FALLEN: A SEARCH FOR THE GATE
- CHAPTER XXVII WHEN WATERS ENGULF US WE REACH FOR A STAR
- CHAPTER XXVIII A PILGRIM, AN OUTLAW: THE SPIRIT DETAINED
- CHAPTER XXIX THE SOLACE OF TRAVEL: THE BOATS OF THE SEA
- CHAPTER XXX THE KINGDOM OF GREATNESS: THE PILGRIM ADREAM
- CHAPTER XXXI A PET OF GOOD FORTUNE: BROADWAY FLAUNTS ITS JOYS
- CHAPTER XXXII THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR: A SEER TO TRANSLATE
- CHAPTER XXXIII WITHOUT THE WALLED CITY: THE SLOPE OF THE YEARS
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE GRIND OF THE MILLSTONES: A SAMPLE OF CHAFF
- CHAPTER XXXV THE PASSING OF EFFORT: THE VISAGE OF CARE
- CHAPTER XXXVI A GRIM RETROGRESSION: THE PHANTOM OF CHANCE
- CHAPTER XXXVII THE SPIRIT AWAKENS: NEW SEARCH FOR THE GATE
- CHAPTER XXXVIII IN ELF LAND DISPORTING: THE GRIM WORLD WITHOUT
- CHAPTER XXXIX OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS
- CHAPTER XL A PUBLIC DISSENSION: A FINAL APPEAL
- CHAPTER XLI THE STRIKE
- CHAPTER XLII A TOUCH OF SPRING: THE EMPTY SHELL
- CHAPTER XLIII THE WORLD TURNS FLATTERER: AN EYE IN THE DARK
- CHAPTER XLIV AND THIS IS NOT ELF LAND: WHAT GOLD WILL NOT BUY
- CHAPTER XLV CURIOUS SHIFTS OF THE POOR
- CHAPTER XLVI STIRRING TROUBLED WATERS
- CHAPTER XLVII THE WAY OF THE BEATEN: A HARP IN THE WIND
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