| Sister Carrie Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dreiser, Theodore (Author), III (Editor), Riggio, Thomas P. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0812216385 ISBN-13: 9780812216387 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Sister Carrie, Dreiser's great first novel, transformed the conventional "fallen woman" story into a bold and truly innovative piece of fiction when it appeared in 1900. Naive young Caroline Meeber, a small-town girl seduced by the lure of the modern city, becomes the mistress of a traveling salesman and then of a saloon manager, who elopes with her to New York. Both its subject matter and Dreiser's unsparing, nonjudgmental approach made Sister Carrie a controversial book in its time, and the work retains the power to shock readers today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97048293 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Series: University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.70 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76002 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 26.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Sister Carrie edition that was published in 1900, long regarded as a watershed work in American fiction, was actually a censored misrepresentation of Drieser's original story. When, 80 years later, the Pennsylvania Edition first appeared, replete with scholarly apparatus, it was hailed from coast to coast as a literary event of major importance. The Pennsylvania Edition restored the 36,000 words that had been excised at the insistence of the author's wife, his publisher, and a friend. This edition contains the complete, unexpurgated text, without the scholarly apparatus, plus a new introductory essay by Thomas P. Riggio. |