One day as she wanders about downtown looking for a new job, she meets Drouet on the street. Neither Carrie nor Hurstwood earn their fates through virtue or vice, but rather through random circumstance. The musical Sister Carrie (Māsa Kerija) by Raimonds Pauls (music) and Jānis Peters [lv] (lyrics) first performed in Riga State Operetta Theatre in 1978 with Mirdza Zīvere as Carrie.[20]. Hurstwood, unhappy with and distant from his social-climbing wife and children, instantly becomes infatuated with Carrie's youth and beauty, and before long they start an affair, communicating and meeting secretly in the expanding, anonymous city. bookmarked pages associated with this title. Web. The Hansons disapprove of her wish to go to the theater. After a while he gives up searching and simply settles back to watch his meager savings dwindle. Carrie soon becomes interested in him due to his fine clothing and manners. Late 1889. As Hurstwood lounges about, overwhelmed by apathy and foolishly gambling away most of his savings, Carrie turns to New York's theaters for employment and becomes a chorus girl. 85–101. Soon Carrie and Drouet are living together in a cozy apartment. Literature Resources from Gale. The couple plan to have Carrie live with them while she works in the city. The couple grow distant, however, as Hurstwood abandons any pretense of fine manners toward Carrie, and she realizes that Hurstwood no longer is the suave, powerful manager of his Chicago days. in, 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, Māsa Kerija / Сестра Керри (1979, Raimonds Pauls), The International Theodore Dreiser Society, "Sister Carrie: 'A Strangely Strong Novel in a Queer Milieu", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sister_Carrie&oldid=961471899, Articles with incomplete citations from December 2018, Articles containing Russian-language text, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 June 2020, at 17:37. Doubleday published the novel in 1900. The man sitting behind her on the train, named Drouet, starts talking to her. [19], Though Dreiser has been criticized for his writing style and lack of formal education, Sister Carrie remains an influential example of naturalism and realism. Once again taken by her beauty, and moved by her poverty, he encourages her to dine with him, where, over sirloin and asparagus, he persuades her to leave her sister and move in with him. He is frightened and decides to flee. The book was not advertised and only 456 copies sold. "[15] Another review in Life criticized Carrie's success, and warned "Such girls, however, as imagine that they can follow in her footsteps will probably end their days on the Island or in the gutter. The Florentine Opera Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, produced the world premiere of Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein's operatic adaptation of the book in October 2016. As the cold winter sets in, Carrie finds that it is impossible to keep up the hard work at the factory. Literature Resources from Gale. Minnie points out to Carrie that after paying four dollars for room and board, she will hardly have enough money left for carfare. Hurstwood buys a minority interest in a saloon and, at first, is able to provide Carrie with a satisfactory – if not lavish – standard of living. It is a reconstruction by a team of leading scholars to represent the novel before it was edited by hands other than Dreiser's. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994. "Theodore Dreiser: Overview." This article is about the novel. One evening the young couple are visited by George Hurstwood, a friend of Drouet's, the manager of a "way up, truly swell saloon." Through the influence of Mrs. Vance and her cousin Bob Ames, Carrie begins to feel dissatisfied with being an ordinary housewife. To press his case, he slips Carrie two ten dollar bills, opening a vista of material possibilities to her. [12], However, Alfred Kazin—while criticizing Dreiser's style—pointed out that Dreiser's novels had survived and remained influential works. "[15] Edna Kenton in the Chicago Daily News said in 1900 that Sister Carrie is "well worth reading simply for this account of Hurstwood". Neither was it received with the harshness that Dreiser reported. After a night of drinking, and despairing at his wife's financial demands and Carrie's rejection, Hurstwood stumbles upon a large amount of cash in the unlocked safe in Fitzgerald and Moy's offices. 1981. As time passes, Carrie perceives that Drouet is not nearly such an ideal figure as she had first imagined. Carrie finds herself playing the roles of housewife, mistress, and actress amid two tumultuous relationships. [10], Theodore Dreiser is considered one of America's greatest naturalists, significant because he wrote at the early stages of the naturalist movement. Their successes and failures have no moral value; this stance marks Sister Carrie as a departure from the conventional literature of the period. Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home, 18-year-old Caroline "Sister Carrie" Meeber takes the train to Chicago, where her older sister Minnie, and Minnie's husband, Sven Hanson, have agreed to take her in. Ed. PA: The University of Pennsylvania P, 1981. In the process of this development, thousands of rural Americans rushed to the cities to find jobs and to build themselves new lives and identities. Dreiser based his first novel on the lifetime of his sister Emma. [15], While some viewed his work as grammatically and syntactically inaccurate, others found his detailed storytelling intriguing. Eventually he persuades Carrie to leave the Hansons and take a room of her own, offering to support her until she is settled. His ill-fated venture, which lasts only two days, prompts Carrie to leave him; in her farewell note, she encloses twenty dollars. From the outset, his title was Sister Carrie, though he changed it to The Flesh and the Spirit while writing it; he restored the original name once complete. Lydon, Michael. Shy at first, she is warmed and made confident by Drouet's easy manner and flashy clothes. Late 1889. Hurstwood's business venture terminates and he finds himself unable to find employment. By the time Drouet introduces Carrie to George Hurstwood, the manager of Fitzgerald and Moy's – a respectable bar that Drouet describes as a "way-up, swell place" – her material appearance has improved considerably. The next day Hurstwood confesses his love to Carrie and she responds favorably. On the train, Carrie meets Charles Drouet, a traveling salesman, who is attracted to her because of her simple beauty and unspoiled manner. Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones starred in the 1952 film version, Carrie, directed by William Wyler. Sister Carrie, published in 1900, stands at the gateway of the new century. Ed. Next [15], Reviews mentioned the novel's realistic depiction of the human condition. [16] This toleration of immorality was an entirely new idea for the readers of Dreiser's era. The two are struck by an instantaneous fascination for each other and meet together frequently whenever the salesman is out of town. Eventually Drouet discovers that Carrie and Hurstwood have been seeing a great deal of each other and he moves out of the flat in order to frighten her. Other critics called his style "vulgar", "uneven", "clumsy", "awkward", and "careless". The novel dwells on the moment as it is experienced; the characters are plunged into the narrative without the reader being told much, if any, of their histories. Sister Carrie captures the excitement of that experience. Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. She believes him and agrees to remain with him if he will marry her. At the urging of his journalist friend Arthur Henry, Dreiser began writing his manuscript in 1899. David E. E. Sloan argued that Dreiser's novel undermined the general consensus that hard work and virtue bring success in life. Web. Meanwhile, Carrie achieves stardom, but finds that money and fame do not satisfy her longings or bring her happiness and that nothing will. Upon returning home to Carrie, he encourages her to take the part of the heroine. She eventually finds a part as a chorus girl in a Broadway opera. Hurstwood is forced to invest the little money he has retained in a second-rate saloon. Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie is about 18-year-old Caroline Meeber, who leaves her country life behind for Chicago in pursuit of the American Dream. The night of the production – which Hurstwood attends at Drouet's invitation – both men are moved to even greater displays of affection by Carrie's stunning performance. Without Carrie's knowledge, Drouet enlists her talents as an actress in an amateur performance. Hurstwood continues to decline until he becomes a Bowery tramp and finally commits suicide. On Contemporary Literature. Carrie realizes that she must abandon some of her more ambitious and fantastic plans. The Pennsylvania edition. Print. [11] Mencken believed that Dreiser's raw, honest portrayal of Carrie's life should be seen as a courageous attempt to give the reader a realistic view of the life of women in the nineteenth century. The two girls travel to the flat where Minnie lives with her husband Sven and their baby. "[15] The novel has also been praised for its accurate depiction of the protests in New York and the city life in Chicago. That night, she writes a good-bye note to Minnie and moves in with Drouet. In a few years Carrie gains fame and fortune as a stage comedienne.
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