Lee Clark Mitchell Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

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.

Autor v tomto diele zobrazuje život veľkého mesta amerického stredozapádu. Hrdinka je pekná, citovo založená dcéra sklára a práčky. Jej osud sledujeme od prahu hotela, kde hľadala spolu s matkou prácu. Jennie sa zoznámila so starším senátorom Branderom, ktorý sa do nej zaľúbil a ona mu láskuopätovala, lebo pomáhal jej rodine.