Sister Carrie / (Record no. 7337)

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fixed length control field 01804cam a2200217 a 4500
020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 0451527607 (alk. paper)
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number D D814 2000
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dreiser, Theodore.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Sister Carrie /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Theodore Dreiser
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Signet Classic,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2000.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent/Page number xviii, 489 p. ;
Dimensions 18 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. [488]-489).
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Sister Carrie tells the story of two characters: Carrie Meeber, an ordinary girl who rises from a low-paid wage earner to a high-paid actress, and George Hurstwood, a member of the upper middle class who falls from his comfortable lifestyle to a life on the streets. Neither Carrie nor Hurstwood earn their fates through virtue or vice, but rather through random circumstance. Their successes and failures have no moral value; this stance marks Sister Carrie as a departure from the conventional literature of the period.

Dreiser touches upon a wide range of themes and experiences in Sister Carrie, from grinding poverty to upper-middle class comfort. The novel dwells on the moment as it is experienced; the characters are plunged into the narrative without the reader being told much, if any, of their histories. Their identities are constantly subject to change, reflecting the modern American experience that had been ushered in by the developing capitalist economy. In the process of this development, thousands of rural Americans rushed to the cities to find jobs and to build themselves new lives and identities. Sister Carrie captures the excitement of that experience.
526 ## - STUDY PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTE
PROGRAM TYPE FICTION
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Young women--Fiction.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mistresses--Fiction.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Didactic fiction.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS
Classification
Item type Book
Holdings
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          Fiction High School Library High School Library Fiction 2020-07-13 3433 D D814 2000 HS3433 2020-07-13 1 2020-07-13 Book