Sister Carrie: A Novel

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 · 48 chapters

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• Chapter I. THE MAGNET ATTRACTING: A WAIF AMID FORCESSample
• Chapter II. WHAT POVERTY THREATENED: OF GRANITE AND BRASS
• Chapter III. WEE QUESTION OF FORTUNE: FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK
• Chapter IV. THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY: FACTS ANSWER WITH SNEERS
• Chapter V. A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER: THE USE OF A NAME
• Chapter VI. THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN: A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY
• Chapter VII. THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL: BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
• Chapter VIII. INTIMATIONS BY WINTER: AN AMBASSADOR SUMMONED
• Chapter IX. CONVENTION’S OWN TINDER-BOX: THE EYE THAT IS GREEN
• Chapter X. THE COUNSEL OF WINTER: FORTUNE’S AMBASSADOR CALLS
• Chapter XI. THE PERSUASION OF FASHION: FEELING GUARDS O’ER ITS OWN
• Chapter XII. OF THE LAMPS OF THE MANSIONS: THE AMBASSADOR PLEA
• Chapter XIII. HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED: A BABEL OF TONGUES
• Chapter XIV. WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING: ONE INFLUENCE WANES
• Chapter XV. THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES: THE MAGIC OF YOUTH
• Chapter XVI. A WITLESS ALADDIN: THE GATE TO THE WORLD
• Chapter XVII. A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY: HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYE
• Chapter XVIII. JUST OVER THE BORDER: A HAIL AND FAREWELL
• Chapter XIX. AN HOUR IN ELFLAND: A CLAMOUR HALF HEARD
• Chapter XX. THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUIT
• Chapter XXI. THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUIT
• Chapter XXII. THE BLAZE OF THE TINDER: FLESH WARS WITH THE FLESH
• Chapter XXIII. A SPIRIT IN TRAVAIL: ONE RUNG PUT BEHIND
• Chapter XXIV. ASHES OF TINDER: A FACE AT THE WINDOW
• Chapter XXV. ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF STAYS
• Chapter XXVI. THE AMBASSADOR FALLEN: A SEARCH FOR THE GATE
• Chapter XXVII. WHEN WATERS ENGULF US WE REACH FOR A STAR
• Chapter XXVIII. A PILGRIM, AN OUTLAW: THE SPIRIT DETAINED
• Chapter XXIX. THE SOLACE OF TRAVEL: THE BOATS OF THE SEA
• Chapter XXX. THE KINGDOM OF GREATNESS: THE PILGRIM ADREAM
• Chapter XXXI. A PET OF GOOD FORTUNE: BROADWAY FLAUNTS ITS JOYS
• Chapter XXXII. THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR: A SEER TO TRANSLATE
• Chapter XXXIII. WITHOUT THE WALLED CITY: THE SLOPE OF THE YEARS
• Chapter XXXIV. THE GRIND OF THE MILLSTONES: A SAMPLE OF CHAFF
• Chapter XXXV. THE PASSING OF EFFORT: THE VISAGE OF CARE
• Chapter XXXVI. A GRIM RETROGRESSION: THE PHANTOM OF CHANCE
• Chapter XXXVII. THE SPIRIT AWAKENS: NEW SEARCH FOR THE GATE
• Chapter XXXVIII. IN ELF LAND DISPORTING: THE GRIM WORLD WITHOUT
• Chapter XXXIX. OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS
• Chapter XL. A PUBLIC DISSENSION: A FINAL APPEAL
• SPECIAL NOTICE
• Chapter XLI. THE STRIKE
• Chapter XLII. A TOUCH OF SPRING: THE EMPTY SHELL
• Chapter XLIII. THE WORLD TURNS FLATTERER: AN EYE IN THE DARK
• Chapter XLIV. AND THIS IS NOT ELF LAND: WHAT GOLD WILL NOT BUY
• Chapter XLV. CURIOUS SHIFTS OF THE POOR
• Chapter XLVI. STIRRING TROUBLED WATERS
• Chapter XLVII. THE WAY OF THE BEATEN: A HARP IN THE WIND