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Sister Carrie

Categories Fiction, Audiobook
Language English
Published 1900
Notes

The story of a woman who flees country life for Chicago, Illinois and falls into a wayward life of sin.

Excerpt

hed, and the grey fedora hat. He was, for the order of intellect represented, attractive, and whatever he had to recommend him, you may be sure was not lost upon Carrie, in this, her first glance.

Lest this order of individual should permanently pass, let me put down some of the most striking characteristics of his most successful manner and method. Good clothes, of course, were the first essential, the things without which he was nothing. A strong physical nature, actuated by a keen desire for the feminine, was the next. A mind free of any consideration of the problems or forces of the world and actuated not by greed, but an insatiable love of variable pleasure. His method was always simple. Its principal element was daring, backed, of course, by an intense desire and admiration for the sex. Let him meet with a young woman once and he would approach her with an air of kindly familiarity, not unmixed with pleading, which would result in most cases in a tolerant acceptance. If she showed any tendenc

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2007.04.10
J.Wyatt

There aren't many classical books which I become entranced with, without having to struggle through pages, trying to finish the book. But this was one of the few. And this is the first book I read without skipping paragraphs, finding them a drag to read. Each paragraph rendered my jaws to drop with amazement at how wonderfully it was written. As I read, I'd constantly say to myself "wow"--it really is "wow," because Dreiser expressed the human emotion so well, that I felt as if I were reading about myself. I love George Hurstwood, and hated Carrie--but she was so human...so selfish...so passive like so many other humans of this world. This book reminded me greatly of "Gone with the Wind." My only disappointment was that the lacking in romance. Anyways, this is a MUST read!!!!

2006.03.08
Cheryl

This book reads as though it were written today, even though it was written in 1900. Tells the story of a small town girl trying to 'make it big" in the big city. Even though I did not always like the characters, I felt almost compelled to see what happened to them. The pace is a bit slow in the first half, but really picks up as the story progresses.The last few chapters were hard to get out of my head after I finished the book. Worth reading.