num_pages: 499
description: A landmark in American literature, presented in its complete and unexpurgated version. Dreiser's unsparing story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man marked the beginning of the naturalist movement in America. Both its subject matter and Dreiser's objective, nonmoralizing approach made it highly controversial, and only a heavily edited version could be published in 1900. In this restored version, the truly revolutionary nature of Sister Carrie is made fully evident.
language: English
title: Sister Carrie
titlecomplete: Sister Carrie
characters: Carrie Meeber, Sven Hanson, Charles H. Drouet, George W. Hurstwood, Minnie Hanson
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, School, Classic Literature, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 39638
places: Chicago, Illinois, Illinois
publisher: Penguin Books