Sister Carrie
Author: Theodore Dreiser
“Sister Carrie … came to housebound and airless America like a great free Western wind, and to our stuffy domesticity gave us the first fresh air since Mark Twain and Whitman.” — Sinclair Lewis”It is a great novel and belongs on anybody’s list, absolutely.” — Garrison KeillorAn eighteen-year-old girl without money or connections ventures forth from her small town in search….Read More
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