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Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie and the Urbanization of Chicago

An essay about Theodore Dreiser excerpted from a book titled Theodore Dreiser, America’s Foremost Novelist, 1917.

An essay about Theodore Dreiser excerpted from a book titled Theodore Dreiser, America’s Foremost Novelist, 1917.

This essay by Harris Merton Lyon, a journalist, short story writer, and colleague of Dreiser’s, describes Dreiser’s personal characteristics and major features of his novels.

Citation Information: Excerpt from ”Theodore Dreiser; America's foremost novelist,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/094e5016358f6e292e4454d0a8f12826.

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Courtesy of University of California via HathiTrust.

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An excerpt from D. M. Thompson’s report on urban development and public improvements of US cities, 1889.

A clip from a film on urbanization by the Bureau of the Census, 1960.

An excerpt from Enrico Ferri’s Socialism and Positive Science, 1906.

An essay about Theodore Dreiser excerpted from a book titled Theodore Dreiser, America’s Foremost Novelist, 1917.

An excerpt from Augustin Daly’s melodrama, Under the Gaslight, first produced in 1867.

An illustration from Augustin Daly’s melodrama, Under the Gaslight, first produced in 1867.

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