![]() ![]() This was due to the blurred division line between good and bad in the plot. 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.ĭreiser 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. ![]() Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) was an American author of the naturalist school, known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. Librivox recording of Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. ![]()
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