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Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (1900)
A young woman from small-town Wisconsin comes to Chicago, becomes the mistress of two men, and rises to fame as an actress — while the men who supported her are destroyed. The novel that launched American literary realism.
Historical Significance:
Theodore Dreiser's first novel was so frank in its treatment of sexuality, social climbing, and moral ambiguity that his own publisher, Doubleday, tried to suppress it after publication in 1900. Frank Norri...
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A young woman from small-town Wisconsin comes to Chicago, becomes the mistress of two men, and rises to fame as an actress — while the men who supported her are destroyed. The novel that launched American literary realism.
Historical Significance:
Theodore Dreiser's first novel was so frank in its treatment of sexuality, social climbing, and moral ambiguity that his own publisher, Doubleday, tried to suppress it after publication in 1900. Frank Norri...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=147
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