An excerpt of the opening pages from the novel Sister Carrie, 1900.

In the opening pages of the novel, Dreiser sets the scene for Carrie’s arrival and adaptation to urban life. She first encounters Charles Drouet, a traveling salesman, on her train ride from Waukesha, Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois.

Citation Information
Dreiser, Theodore, excerpt from “Sister Carrie,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/25c72e5cc3511e56e6d6debcc281ad5a.
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