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Sister Carrie

Name: Sister Carrie
Author: Theodore Dreiser

by Theodore Dreiser

1900•Drama•450 pages

Taste attributes: dramaromancehistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringcoming of ageself destruction/implosionempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeGrounded and emotional: a novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Open Library rating

3.2 / 5

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About This Book

Young Caroline Meeber leaves home for the first time and experiences work, love, and the pleasures and responsibilities of independence in late-nineteenth-century Chicago and New York.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaRomanceHistoricalComing of ageSelf destruction/implosionEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

Young womenDreiser, theodore, 1871-1945MistressesActressesYoung women in literatureRunaway teenagersChang pian xiao shuoDidactic fiction

Details

Author: Theodore Dreiser
Published: 1900
Pages: 450
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Source: Open Library

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