Sister Carrie by: Theodore Dreiser a novel (1900) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530486922)

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 Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress. It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels

Author: Theodore Dreiser
ISBN-10: 1530486920
ISBN-13: 9781530486922
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2016
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.57d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 26
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 76002 / Sister Carrie