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Sister Carrie
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 117 Ratings and 117 Reviews

Book Description
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Sister Carrie is an epic of city life, of transient idealists besieged by industrialism and its anonymity. It specifically treats of two people, at once attracted and repelled by their vastly different backgrounds, who, in the course of involvement, are led into wholly unexpected areas of experience. Provincial and naive, Carrie becomes involved with Hurstwood, a respectable Chicago... More
Book Information
PublisherNew American Library
BindingMass Market Paperback (197 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages473
ISBN-10B000E4Q8JY
Publication Date/1961
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About Willard Thorp (Afterword) : Willard Thorp is credited in . Published credits of Willard Thorp include Sister Carrie (Signet Classics) and Billy Budd and Other Tales (Signet Classic).
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About Theodore Dreiser (Author) : Theodore Dreiser is a published author. Some of the published credits of Theodore Dreiser include An American Tragedy, Sister Carrie, Sister Carrie.
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7/30/2008 veronica Davids said: My dad loaned this book to me. It is interesting to read about times past and how difficult life was for the average young woman (or man) who has no skills or connections in a new town.
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