Lee Clark Mitchell Knihy

Relates the experiences of Tom and his friends in a 19th century Mississippi town.

Theodore Dreiser's first and perhaps most accessible novel, Sister Carrie is an epic of urban life - the story of an innocent heroine adrift in an indifferent city. When small-town girl Carrie Meeber sets out for Chicago, she is equipped with nothing but a few dollars, a certain unspoiled beauty and charm, and a pitiful lack of preparation for the complex moral choices she will face.

Dreiser's second novel and his own personal favorite features an impoverished heroine who, in simply trying to make her way in the world, inadvertently defies a host of social conventions. Following the addition of <i>Sister Carrie</i> to the <i>World's Classics</i> series, Jennie Gerhardt is accompanied by a full and up-to-date editorial apparatus.