Sister Carrie

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Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser ; edited with an introduction by Lee Clark Mitchell

(The world's classics)

Oxford University Press, 1991

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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiv-xxxvi)

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Description

`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. This book is intended for general; students from the sixth-form upwards following courses on world literature, American literature, American studies, and the novel.

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  • NCID
    BA14038322
  • ISBN
    • 0192827421
  • LCCN
    90040310
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford [England] ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xl, 466 p.
  • Size
    19 cm
  • Classification
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