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Sister Carrie: A Novel — Theodore Dreiser

Sister Carrie: A Novel

Theodore Dreiser

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 443 pages

Sister Carrie is a novel of American naturalism following a young woman from a small town to Chicago and New York in search of a better life. Through her encounters with men and struggles with material temptation, it explores ambition, desire, and social mobility. Worth listening to for its depiction of urban life and candid portrait of a woman's aspirations.

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Opening of the book

Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser

Contents
Chapter I. THE MAGNET ATTRACTING: A WAIF AMID FORCES
Chapter II. WHAT POVERTY THREATENED: OF GRANITE AND
BRASS
Chapter III. WEE QUESTION OF FORTUNE: FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK
Chapter IV. THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY: FACTS ANSWER WITH
SNEERS
Chapter V. A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER: THE USE OF A NAME
Chapter VI. THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN: A KNIGHT OF TODAY
Chapter VII. THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL: BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF
Chapter VIII. INTIMATIONS BY WINTER: AN AMBASSADOR
SUMMONED
Chapter IX. CONVENTION’S OWN TINDER-BOX: THE EYE THAT IS
GREEN
Chapter X. THE COUNSEL OF WINTER: FORTUNE’S AMBASSADOR
CALLS
Chapter XI. THE PERSUASION OF FASHION: FEELING GUARDS
O’ER ITS OWN
Chapter
XII.
OF
THE
LAMPS
OF
THE
MANSIONS:
THE
AMBASSADOR PLEA
Chapter XIII. HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED: A BABEL OF TONGUES
Chapter XIV. WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING: ONE INFLUENCE
WANES
Chapter XV. THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES: THE MAGIC OF YOUTH

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Contents

  1. Sister Carrie
  2. Contents
  3. Chapter I. THE MAGNET ATTRACTING: A WAIF AMID FORCES
  4. Chapter II. WHAT POVERTY THREATENED: OF GRANITE AND BRASS
  5. Chapter III. WEE QUESTION OF FORTUNE: FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK
  6. Chapter IV. THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY: FACTS ANSWER WITH SNEERS
  7. Chapter V. A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER: THE USE OF A NAME
  8. Chapter VI. THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN: A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY
  9. Chapter VII. THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL: BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
  10. Chapter VIII. INTIMATIONS BY WINTER: AN AMBASSADOR SUMMONED
  11. Chapter IX. CONVENTION’S OWN TINDER-BOX: THE EYE THAT IS GREEN
  12. Chapter X. THE COUNSEL OF WINTER: FORTUNE’S AMBASSADOR CALLS
  13. Chapter XI. THE PERSUASION OF FASHION: FEELING GUARDS O’ER ITS OWN
  14. Chapter XII. OF THE LAMPS OF THE MANSIONS: THE AMBASSADOR PLEA
  15. Chapter XIII. HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED: A BABEL OF TONGUES
  16. Chapter XIV. WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING: ONE INFLUENCE WANES
  17. Chapter XV. THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES: THE MAGIC OF YOUTH
  18. Chapter XVI. A WITLESS ALADDIN: THE GATE TO THE WORLD
  19. Chapter XVII. A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY: HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYE
  20. Chapter XVIII. JUST OVER THE BORDER: A HAIL AND FAREWELL
  21. Chapter XIX. AN HOUR IN ELFLAND: A CLAMOUR HALF HEARD
  22. Chapter XX. THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUIT
  23. Chapter XXI. THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUIT
  24. Chapter XXII. THE BLAZE OF THE TINDER: FLESH WARS WITH THE FLESH
  25. Chapter XXIII. A SPIRIT IN TRAVAIL: ONE RUNG PUT BEHIND
  26. Chapter XXIV. ASHES OF TINDER: A FACE AT THE WINDOW
  27. Chapter XXV. ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF STAYS
  28. Chapter XXVI. THE AMBASSADOR FALLEN: A SEARCH FOR THE GATE
  29. Chapter XXVII. WHEN WATERS ENGULF US WE REACH FOR A STAR
  30. Chapter XXVIII. A PILGRIM, AN OUTLAW: THE SPIRIT DETAINED

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