1 janv. 1900 - Sister Carrie
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A book written by muckraker Theodore Dreiser that describes a young woman with big dreams experiencing the horrors of working in Chicago. She starts out as a factory worker, but was repulsed by the working conditions and he negative attitudes expressed by the other workers towards her. She is then hired as a prostitute by a wealthy salesman, and later goes on to become an actress. It was not received too well upon publication, it was later celebrated as one of the greatest American urban novels. It was deemed highly realistic, though was somewhat controversial because it was upsetting to read and contained sexual content.
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