Fiction· Sister Carrie· Theodore Dreiser
Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a powerful naturalistic novel about ambition, desire, and the pursuit of success in modern American society. The story follows Carrie Meeber, a young woman who leaves her small-town home for Chicago in…
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Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a powerful naturalistic novel about ambition, desire, and the pursuit of success in modern American society. The story follows Carrie Meeber, a young woman who leaves her small-town home for Chicago in search of a better life. As she becomes involved with two men and eventually finds success as an actress, Carrie rises socially while struggling to understand what happiness truly means. Through her experiences in Chicago and New York, Dreiser examines the influence of wealth, chance, desire, and social circumstances on individual lives, offering a critical portrait of American consumer culture and urban society.
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- Published
- 10 September 2026
- Format
- Book
- Extent
- 47 chapters
- Language
- EN
- Chapters
- 47
- Language
- English
- On Lithril
- September 2026
Chapters
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- 011. THE MAGNET ATTRACTING: A WAIF AMID FORCESRead
- 022. WHAT POVERTY THREATENED: OF GRANITE AND BRASSRead
- 033. WEE QUESTION OF FORTUNE: FOUR-FIFTY A WEEKRead
- 044. THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY: FACTS ANSWER WITH SNEERSRead
- 055. A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER: THE USE OF A NAMERead
- 066. THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN: A KNIGHT OF TO-DAYRead
- 077. THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL: BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELFRead
- 088. INTIMATIONS BY WINTER: AN AMBASSADOR SUMMONEDRead
- 099. CONVENTION’S OWN TINDER-BOX: THE EYE THAT IS GREENRead
- 1010. THE COUNSEL OF WINTER: FORTUNE’S AMBASSADOR CALLSRead
- 1111. THE PERSUASION OF FASHION: FEELING GUARDS O’ER ITS OWNRead
- 1212. OF THE LAMPS OF THE MANSIONS: THE AMBASSADOR PLEARead
- 1313. HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED: A BABEL OF TONGUESRead
- 1414. WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING: ONE INFLUENCE WANESRead
- 1515. THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES: THE MAGIC OF YOUTHRead
- 1616. A WITLESS ALADDIN: THE GATE TO THE WORLDRead
- 1717. A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY: HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYERead
- 1818. JUST OVER THE BORDER: A HAIL AND FAREWELLRead
- 1919. AN HOUR IN ELFLAND: A CLAMOUR HALF HEARDRead
- 2020. THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUITRead
- 2121. THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUITRead
- 2222. THE BLAZE OF THE TINDER: FLESH WARS WITH THE FLESHRead
- 2323. A SPIRIT IN TRAVAIL: ONE RUNG PUT BEHINDRead
- 2424. ASHES OF TINDER: A FACE AT THE WINDOWRead
- 2525. ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF STAYSRead
- 2626. THE AMBASSADOR FALLEN: A SEARCH FOR THE GATERead
- 2727. WHEN WATERS ENGULF US WE REACH FOR A STARRead
- 2828. A PILGRIM, AN OUTLAW: THE SPIRIT DETAINEDRead
- 2929. THE SOLACE OF TRAVEL: THE BOATS OF THE SEARead
- 3030. THE KINGDOM OF GREATNESS: THE PILGRIM ADREAMRead
- 3131. A PET OF GOOD FORTUNE: BROADWAY FLAUNTS ITS JOYSRead
- 3232. THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR: A SEER TO TRANSLATERead
- 3333. WITHOUT THE WALLED CITY: THE SLOPE OF THE YEARSRead
- 3434. THE GRIND OF THE MILLSTONES: A SAMPLE OF CHAFFRead
- 3535. THE PASSING OF EFFORT: THE VISAGE OF CARERead
- 3636. A GRIM RETROGRESSION: THE PHANTOM OF CHANCERead
- 3737. THE SPIRIT AWAKENS: NEW SEARCH FOR THE GATERead
- 3838. IN ELF LAND DISPORTING: THE GRIM WORLD WITHOUTRead
- 3939. OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDSRead
- 4040. A PUBLIC DISSENSION: A FINAL APPEALRead
- 4141. THE STRIKERead
- 4242. A TOUCH OF SPRING: THE EMPTY SHELLRead
- 4343. THE WORLD TURNS FLATTERER: AN EYE IN THE DARKRead
- 4444. AND THIS IS NOT ELF LAND: WHAT GOLD WILL NOT BUYRead
- 4545. CURIOUS SHIFTS OF THE POORRead
- 4646. STIRRING TROUBLED WATERSRead
- 4747. THE WAY OF THE BEATEN: A HARP IN THE WINDRead
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