5/25/2023 0 Comments Author of sister carrieIt grabbed my attention, and it was easy to follow what was happening. I was surprised how easily I dived into the novel for class. It had to be edited a great deal to make it palatable for readers because of certain risqué behaviors and scenes. The book was controversial for the turn of the century, and that made it difficult for Dreiser to get it published. Apparently, Sister Carrie was largely inspired by one of his sister’s lives. As I recall from the introduction, Dreiser was the first post-Civil War author to write about the experience instead of the spectacle of poverty. This classic novel was required reading for the course I am taking about American Realism. Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser, is a critique on capitalism and a spectacle of power and industry. What ensues is materialism, love affairs, and a fight for survival. When she finally gets to her sister’s, she has trouble finding and keeping work as an inexperienced worker. She meets a dandy traveling salesman on the train who helps her find her way in Chicago-for a price. Carrie Meeber, a young woman from Wisconsin, moves to Chicago in the 19th Century in hopes of finding work and becoming successful in whatever she does.
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