Sister Carrie |
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Author:
| Dreiser, Theodore |
Editor:
| Mitchell, Lee Clark |
Series title: | The ^AWorld's Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-282742-5 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1991 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $9.95 |
Book Description:
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A source of inspiration to writers from William Faulkner to Saul Bellow and Joyce Carol Oates, Dreiser's remarkable first novel is an eminently American roller-coaster of rapidly rising and falling fortunes. Banned after its initial publication in 1900, its realist narrative counterplays the story of a young woman seduced by the modern city with that of the middle-aged man who enslaves himself with his love for her. This is the only paperback version using the text widely regarded by...
More DescriptionA source of inspiration to writers from William Faulkner to Saul Bellow and Joyce Carol Oates, Dreiser's remarkable first novel is an eminently American roller-coaster of rapidly rising and falling fortunes. Banned after its initial publication in 1900, its realist narrative counterplays the story of a young woman seduced by the modern city with that of the middle-aged man who enslaves himself with his love for her. This is the only paperback version using the text widely regarded by scholars as Dreiser's final version.