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Sister CarrieTheodore Dreiser

Sister Carrie

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Original author: Theodore Dreiser

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"Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser is a novel published in 1900 about a young woman who leaves rural Wisconsin for Chicago in pursuit of the American Dream. Eighteen-year-old Caroline Meeber becomes entangled with two men—a charming salesman and a married bar manager—as she navigates the harsh realities of urban life. Through chance and ambition, she discovers her talent for acting and begins her ascent to stardom, while those around her face dramatically different fates in the unforgiving big city.

Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #5267.

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47 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: The Magnet Attracting: a Waif Amid Forces3,138 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: What Poverty Threatened: of Granite and Brass2,094 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: We Question of Fortune: Four-Fifty a Week3,531 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: The Spendings of Fancy: Facts Answer with Sneers4,239 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: A Glittering Night Flower: the Use of a Name2,342 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: The Machine and the Maiden: a Knight of To-Day4,039 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: The Lure of the Material: Beauty Speaks for Itself3,808 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: Intimations by Winter: an Ambassador Summoned2,480 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Convention's Own Tinder-Box: the Eye That Is Green2,376 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: The Counsel of Winter: Fortune's Ambassador Calls2,836 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: The Persuasion of Fashion: Feeling Guards O'er Its Own3,373 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Of the Lamps of the Mansions: the Ambassador's Plea3,046 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: His Credentials Accepted: a Babel of Tongues3,226 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: With Eyes and Not Seeing: One Influence Wanes2,369 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: The Irk of the Old Ties: the Magic of Youth3,828 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: A Witless Aladdin: the Gate to the World2,724 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: A Glimpse Through the Gateway: Hope Lightens the Eye2,592 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: Just Over the Border: a Hail and Farewell1,832 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: An Hour in Elfland: a Clamour Half Heard4,294 words
  20. 20.Chapter XX: The Lure of the Spirit: the Flesh in Pursuit2,489 words
  21. 21.Chapter XXI: The Lure of the Spirit: the Flesh in Pursuit1,334 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXII: The Blaze of the Tinder: Flesh Wars with the Flesh3,858 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXIII: A Spirit in Travail: One Rung Put Behind3,653 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIV: Ashes of Tinder: a Face at the Window1,782 words
  1. 25.Chapter XXV: Ashes of Tinder: the Loosing of Stays1,729 words
  2. 26.Chapter XXVI: The Ambassador Fallen: a Search for the Gate3,952 words
  3. 27.Chapter XXVII: When Waters Engulf Us We Reach for a Star3,659 words
  4. 28.Chapter XXVIII: A Pilgrim, an Outlaw: the Spirit Detained3,571 words
  5. 29.Chapter XXIX: The Solace of Travel: the Boats of the Sea4,188 words
  6. 30.Chapter XXX: The Kingdom of Greatness: the Pilgrim Adream2,767 words
  7. 31.Chapter XXXI: A Pet of Good Fortune: Broadway Flaunts Its Joys3,293 words
  8. 32.Chapter XXXII: The Feast of Belshazzar: a Seer to Translate4,707 words
  9. 33.Chapter XXXIII: Without the Walled City: the Slope of the Years2,966 words
  10. 34.Chapter XXXIV: The Grind of the Millstones: a Sample of Chaff2,902 words
  11. 35.Chapter XXXV: The Passing of Effort: the Visage of Care3,355 words
  12. 36.Chapter XXXVI: A Grim Retrogression: the Phantom of Chance3,347 words
  13. 37.Chapter XXXVII: The Spirit Awakens: New Search for the Gate2,330 words
  14. 38.Chapter XXXVIII: In Elf Land Disporting: the Grim World Without2,978 words
  15. 39.Chapter XXXIX: Of Lights and of Shadows: the Parting of Worlds3,543 words
  16. 40.Chapter XL: A Public Dissension: a Final Appeal2,543 words
  17. 41.Chapter XLI: The Strike5,197 words
  18. 42.Chapter XLII: A Touch of Spring: the Empty Shell3,117 words
  19. 43.Chapter XLIII: The World Turns Flatterer: an Eye in the Dark2,664 words
  20. 44.Chapter XLIV: And This Is Not Elf Land: What Gold Will Not Buy3,074 words
  21. 45.Chapter XLV: Curious Shifts of the Poor4,922 words
  22. 46.Chapter XLVI: Stirring Troubled Waters3,256 words
  23. 47.Chapter XLVII: The Way of the Beaten: a Harp in the Wind5,426 words