Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 528 pages | ISBN 9780140188288 | 30 Mar 1995 | Penguin Classics
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.