
Sister Carrie
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Narrated by:
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Laurel Lefkow
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By:
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Theodore Dreiser
A magnificent portrayal of 1890's America and the harsh realities of a dog-eat-dog world, Sister Carrie lies at the forefront of American Naturalism. When poor young provincial woman Carrie Meeber arrives in Chicago, she little expects to be catapulted from lower-class woman to prominent Broadway actress. Passive and yielding, she lets circumstances coerce her into action and by good fortune she arrives at fame.
It is in Chicago that Carrie meets a successful businessman, Hurstwood, who helps her establish her name. Gripped by a strong attraction to Carrie, Hurstwood ends his marriage and moves with her to New York. Their relationship soon ends and, like a fish out of water, Hurstwood finds himself vagrant and destitute on the streets of an unfamiliar city, a poignant counterpoint to Carrie’s rapid rise. Frank, evocative and compelling, Sister Carrie gives us a version of the American dream with a gritty and unattractive reality.
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Written generations ago, the insights are still valid.
It's about longing, discrimination based on gender and station in life (haves and have-nots), poverty, wealth hopelesness , and losing hope, and how sexy romance fizzle under the pressure of financial straits.
It's about striving and idling, the will to excel. Most important it is about relationships between men and women, employers and workers, and the hierarchy which acquisition determines.
For young snd old, a reminder to mind your behaviors and who witnesses one's faults abd failures.
Both are very long, American Tragedy is the longer, but the more entertaining.
Young people who think their parents don't get today's culture, After reading one of these books, we are teminded that some things about human beings NEVER CHANGE.
There are sre issues with the writing... it's a bit heavy handed. Drieser does not "charge" the errant women with their bad deeds which drive men to do very bad things in order to possess them.
I am not not sure I could read the book in my hands, making Audible perfect for these tomes. I also got the Kindle editions. Wonderful turns of phrases that stop you in your tracks for their relatability are frequent.
This is what fiction should feel like.
Strong characters and a steady build up to the inevitable.
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Easy Yes!
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An eye opening story
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Its been on my list for a while
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The greatest American novel beautifully read
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Set in 1880s Chicago and New York, Sister Carrie tells the story of a Midwestern teenage country girl who fled the claustrophobia of a small town Anericana for the big city. With no real skills she discovers opportunities for work in Chicago limited. But, being exceedingly pretty and not disinclined towards the interests and affections of a young, ladder climbing salesman, she accepts his overtures and the access it brings to a better class of gentleman.
Discovering a natural flare for theatrics garners her more attention for better placed men which carries her to New York where she catches a rising star as her absconding paramour spirals into decline as her celebrity becomes meteoric into the Roaring '90s.
Though not explicitly stated, Dreiser gives insight into the flexible morality of Americans at the Turn of the 20,the Century. He shows how, despite the moral strictures of the preceding Victorian Era, young Americans couldn't wiggle out of their corsets and waist coats fast enough in the quest of a good time and better life. And, having recently suffered through a number of insufferable works by Dreiser's contemporary Henry James, no better storyteller of the era could be digested on par with Theodore Dreiser.
Dreiser's finest
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Loved It
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A good listen
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Dreiser is a genius at capturing the essence of ambition and human want. … he artfully tells us what we are all feeling right now in the 21st century.
Tour de force
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I'm not a huge fan of Laurel's voicing of Sister Carrie. This is a director problem, not hers. I would not have her constantly playing Carrie as very muted and dull. I would have her play it almost like her own voice. More strong. Because she's the central character you have to pick the right tone and it wasn't the right one. But her other annunciations were perfect.
The audio is 4 db too low
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