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Sister Carrie: A Suppressed Literature Classic!
Sister Carrie A Suppressed Literature Classic Author:Theodore Dreiser Suppressed Classic! Published in 1900 - suppressed until 1912. The story of a rudderless but pretty small-town girl who comes to the big city filled with vague ambitions. She is used by men and uses them in turn to become a successful Broadway actress, while George, the married man who has run away with her, loses his grip on life and descends i... more »nto beggary and suicide. The first masterpiece of the American naturalistic movement in its gritty factual presentation of the vagaries of urban life and in its ingenuous heroine, who goes unpunished for her transgressions against conventional sexual morality. The book's strengths include a brooding but compassionate view of humanity, a memorable cast of characters, and a compelling narrative. The emotional disintegration of George is a much-praised triumph of psychological analysis. A work of pivotal importance in American literature, and it became a model for subsequent writers of realism. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature« less