Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie - Paperback

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Sister Carrie - Paperback

Sister Carrie - Paperback

by Theodore Dreiser
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by Theodore Dreiser (Author), Lee Clark Mitchell (Editor)

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.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Number of Pages: 512
Dimensions: 1 x 7.6 x 5 IN
Publication Date: May 15, 2009
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Sister Carrie
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 26
ISBN9780199539086
Author Theodore Dreiser
PublisherOxford University Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages512
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on August 27, 1871. After a poor and difficult childhood, Dreiser broke into newspaper work in Chicago in 1892. A successful career as a magazine writer in New York during the late 1890s was followed by his first novel, Sister Carrie (1900). When this work made little impact, Dreiser published no fiction until Jennie Gerhardt in 1911. There then followed a decade and a half of major work in a number of literary forms, which was capped in 1925 by An American Tragedy, a novel that brought him universal acclaim. Dreiser was increasingly preoccupied by philosophical and political issues during the last two decades of his life. He died in Los Angeles on December 28, 1945.

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