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Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie

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Number of Chapters: 47

Length: 17 hours and 47 minutes

Language: English

Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) was an American author of the naturalist school, known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. Sister Carrie (1900) is his first novel and tells the story of a young country girl who moves to the big city (Chicago) where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to powerful men and later as a famous actress.

Dreiser and his wife significantly altered the original manuscript to make it more palatable to the prevailing sensibilities of the day, but even this toned down version caused a minor scandal, and Dreiser had difficulty finding a publisher for it. This was due to the blurred division line between good and bad in the plot. Although Dreiser's moralizing narrator does assert that, despite the fame and the money she has amassed, Carrie will not be able to achieve peace of mind in her life, the apparent lack of poetic justice -- the notion that immorality should pay in the end, even if only up to a point -- was a concept the reading public were altogether unused to at the time. (summary from wikipedia)

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The Magnet Attracting: A Waif Amid Forces (J. M. Smallheer)
What Poverty Threatened: Of Granite and Brass (zinniz)
We Question of Fortune: Four-fifty a Week (zinniz)
The Spendings of Fancy: Facts Answer with Sneers (Sheila Morton)
A Glittering Night Flower: The Use of a Name (Sheila Morton)
The Machine and the Maiden: A Knight of Today (Sheila Morton)
The Lure of the Material: Beauty Speaks for Itself (spiderman0521)
Intimations By Winter: An Ambassador Summoned (spiderman0521)
Convention's Own Tinder-Box: The Eye That Is Green (spiderman0521)
The Counsel Of Winter: Fortune's Ambassador Calls (zinniz)
The Persuasion Of Fashion: Feeling Guards O'er Its Own (zinniz)
Of The Lamps Of The Mansions: The Ambassador's Plea (J. M. Smallheer)
His Credentials Accepted: A Babel Of Tongues (J. M. Smallheer)
With Eyes And Not Seeing: One Influence Wanes (J. M. Smallheer)
The Irk Of The Old Ties: The Magic Of Youth (Andrea)
A Witless Aladdin: The Gate To The World (Bob Sage)
A Glimpse Through The Gateway: Hope Lightens The Eye (Bob Sage)
Just Over The Border: A Hail And Farewell (Bob Sage)
An Hour In Elfland: A Clamour Half Heard (Bob Sage)
The Lure Of The Spirit: The Flesh In Pursuit (Bob Sage)
The Lure Of The Spirit: The Flesh In Pursuit (Bob Sage)
The Blaze Of The Tinder: Flesh Wars With The Flesh (Bob Sage)
A Spirit In Travail: One Rung Put Behind (Bob Sage)
Ashes Of Tinder: A Face At The Window (zinniz)
Ashes Of Tinder: The Loosing Of Stays (zinniz)
The Ambassador Fallen: A Search For The Gate (zinniz)
When Waters Engulf Us We Reach For A Star (zinniz)
A Pilgrim, An Outlaw: The Spirit Detained (Bob Sage)
The Solace Of Travel: The Boats Of The Sea (Bob Sage)
The Kingdom Of Greatness: The Pilgrim Adream (Bob Sage)
A Pet Of Good Fortune: Broadway Flaunts Its Joys (Roger Melin)
The Feast Of Belshazzar: A Seer To Translate (Roger Melin)
Without The Walled City: The Slope Of The Years (Roger Melin)
The Grind Of The Millstones: A Sample Of Chaff (Roger Melin)
The Passing Of Effort: The Visage Of Care (Roger Melin)
A Grim Retrogression: The Phantom Of Chance (Roger Melin)
The Spirit Awakens: New Search For The Gate (Andrea)
In Elf Land Disporting: The Grim World Without (Andrea)
Of Lights And Of Shadows: The Parting Of Worlds (Andrea)
A Public Dissension: A Final Appeal (Andrea)
The Strike (Andrea)
A Touch Of Spring: The Empty Shell (Andrea)
The World Turns Flatterer: An Eye In The Dark (Andrea)
And This Is Not Elf Land: What Gold Will Not Buy (Andrea)
Curious Shifts Of The Poor (Andrea)
Stirring Troubled Waters (Andrea)
The Way Of The Beaten: A Harp In The Wind (Andrea)
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