{"product_id":"sister-carrie-9780593314883","title":"Sister Carrie","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis landmark novel about a small-town girl who runs away to the big city has been hailed as one of the greatest portraits of urban life in American literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Theodore Dreiser's epic first novel stormed onto the literary scene in 1900, it was a breath of fresh air in more ways than one. Celebrated for the vibrant and gritty realism of its portrayal of city life, \u003ci\u003eSister Carrie\u003c\/i\u003e also gave the world an unforgettable heroine--a thoroughly modern young woman who turned the traditional cautionary tale of the fallen woman on its head. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Carrie Meeber runs away to Chicago, she has nothing to rely on but her beauty and a fierce determination to improve her life. She escapes work in a factory by becoming the mistress of first one man and then a more successful one but ultimately leaves them behind for success and fame on the stage in New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong hailed as one of the best novels of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eSister Carrie\u003c\/i\u003e provides a panoramic view of the dynamic and relentless forces that still drive city life and American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHEODORE DREISER was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1871. After a poor and difficult childhood, Dreiser broke into newspaper work in Chicago in 1892. A successful career as a magazine writer in New York during the late 1890s was followed by his first novel, \u003ci\u003eSister Carrie\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1900. Over the next two decades he published works in a number of literary forms, and his 1925 novel, \u003ci\u003eAn American Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, brought him universal acclaim. Dreiser died in Los Angeles in 1945.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525626564882,"sku":"9780593314883","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93c3890d-9a5f-41a3-9adb-6b73861e988e.jpg?v=1748524206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sister-carrie-9780593314883","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}