{"product_id":"2940150029965","title":"Sister Carrie","description":"Sister Carrie has been called the \"greatest of all American urban novels, and a hallmark of American literature.\" 18-year-old Carrie Meeber, a young country girl, moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress.\u003cbr\u003eThe chronicle of her rise from obscurity to fame, and the effects of her progress on the men who use her and are used in turn, aroused a storm of controversy and debate upon its publication in 1900. The author's groundbreaking portrait of a heroine who violates the prevailing moral code outraged some critics and elated others, as Sister Carrie engaged in \"illicit sexual relationships\" without suffering any apparent consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHEODORE DREISER (1871-1945) was an American novelist and journalist most famous for his brilliant novels Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is a great artist, and no other American of his generation left so wide and handsome a mark upon the national letters. He was a man of such large originality, of such profound feeling, and unshakable courage, that all of us who write are better off because he lived, worked, and hoped.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--H.L. Mencken","brand":"The St. George Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112203895024,"sku":"2940150029965","price":3.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150029965_p0.jpg?v=1763729137","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150029965","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}