Sister Carrie is the story of a beautiful Midwestern girl who makes it big in New York City. The book gained a reputation as a shocker for Dreiser had dared to give the public a heroine whose "cosmopolitan standard of virtue" brings her from Wisconsin, with four dollars in her purse, to a suite at the Waldorf and glittering fame as an actress. With "Sister Carrie Dreiser told a tale not "sufficiently delicate" for many of its first readers and critics, but which is now universally recognized as one of the greatest and most influential American novels.
- ISBN10 1304060322
- ISBN13 9781304060327
- Publish Date 22 May 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English