Sister Carrie (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Theodore Dreiser
- First Published: 1900
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Acting or actors, Nineteenth century, New York City, Chicago, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Adultery, City life, Divorce, Working class, Theft, Work or workers, Naivete, Innocence
- Locales: New York, NY, Chicago, IL
The Work
While working as a freelance journalist, Theodore Dreiser wrote his first novel, Sister Carrie, which was accepted for publication by Frank Norris, the author of McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (1899) and an editor for Frank Doubleday, but Frank Doubleday objected to the novel. Bound to a contract, Doubleday printed, but did not distribute or advertise, one thousand copies; few sold, a fact that crushed Dreiser. The book was ahead of its time—readers were not ready for the realism and frank language that Dreiser championed.
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