nov 8, 1900 - Theodore Dreiser's Sister
Carrie is published
Challenging the Victorian morals of the 19th
century, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie
showed the extremes to which people are
willing to go to achieve the American dream.
going against social norms of the time,
Carrie partook in sexual relations without
consequence. Furthermore, Sister Carrie
painted American cities in a negative light,
showing a lack of innocence. Despite the
controversy, Sister Carrie is considered the
greatest of all American urban novels.
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