Project Gutenberg 1995-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 1562 Dreiser, Theodore 1871 1945 Sister Carrie: A Novel John Hamm and David Widger "Sister Carrie: A Novel" by Theodore Dreiser is a significant work of fiction written during the late 19th century. The novel explores themes of ambition, social mobility, and the struggles of young women in a rapidly industrializing America through the life of its main character, Carrie Meeber, who leaves her rural home for the bustling city of Chicago. At the start of the story, we meet eighteen-year-old Carrie as she boards a train to Chicago with little more than a few possessions and hopes for a better life. Initially filled with dreams and illusions, Carrie soon encounters the harsh realities of urban life as she navigates her new surroundings. The opening passage illustrates her naivety and aspirations, as well as the allure of the city, contrasting them with the darker truths that await. As she arrives, Carrie begins to experience the complexities of life in Chicago, from the allure of materialism to the challenges of securing employment, embodying the conflict between her youthful ambitions and the often-unforgiving nature of society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Didactic fiction Young women -- Fiction Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Mistresses -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 998216 998555 2024-10-01T04:54:19.766503 2023-10-01T04:40:51.642863 text/html text/html 1029918 2024-10-09T14:00:54 text/html 521259 2024-10-01T04:54:30.839505 application/epub+zip 522348 2024-10-01T04:54:20.827505 application/epub+zip 482096 2024-10-01T04:54:20.294556 application/epub+zip 753752 2024-10-01T04:54:38.967427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 712839 2024-10-01T04:54:30.353473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 673186 2022-09-01T04:58:00.138758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 942116 942144 2024-10-01T04:54:18.120535 2023-10-01T04:40:50.146843 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 922368 2024-10-09T14:00:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20163 2024-10-01T04:54:39.101392 application/rdf+xml 10921 2024-10-01T04:54:20.416549 image/jpeg 2146 2024-10-01T04:54:20.355490 image/jpeg 345279 2022-10-06T01:27:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 723204 2022-10-06T01:27:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 720313 2024-10-01T04:54:19.855516 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia