Sister Carrie

图书标准信息

• 作者 Theodore Dreiser（西奥多·德莱塞） 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 1982-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213744
• 定价 25.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 409页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

StoryfollowsyoungCarrie,whoisunabletomakeitinthebigcity,andwhobecomesthemistressofamarriedmaninreturnformaterialpossessions.Reissue.

【作者简介】

TheodreDreiserwasbornintoalargeandimpoverishedGermanAmericanfamilyinTerreHaute,Indiana,in1871.Hebeganhiswritingcareerasareporter,workingfornewspapersinChicago.Pittsburg,andSt.Louis,untilaneditorfriend,ArthurHenry,suggestedhewriteanovel.TheresultwasSisterCarrie,basedonthelifeofDreiser'sownsisterEmma,whohadrunofftoNewYorkwithamarriedman.Rejectedbyseveralpublishersas"immoral",thebookwasfinallyacceptedbyDoubledayandCompany,andpublished–overFrankDoubleday'sstrongobjections–in1900.

Numerouscutsandchangeshadbeenmadeinthelengthyoriginalmanuscriptbyvarioushands,includingthoseofArthurHenry,Dreiserhimself.Later,whengiventomythologizinghiscareer,DreiserwastosuggestthatthepublishinghistoryofSisterCarriehadbeenoneofbowdlerizationandsuppressiononly;butthepublicationofhisuneditedmanuscriptbytheUniversityofPennsylvaniaPressin1981showsthatDreiserapprovedandevenwelcomedHenry'sandJug'salterations.(WhetherthebookwasultimatelyimprovedorcompromisedbytheirliberaleditingisafascinatingandasyetunresolvedissueamongDreiserscholars.)SisterCarriesoldpoorly,butwriterslikeFrankNorrisandWilliamDeanHowellssawitasabreakthroughinAmericanrealism,andDreiser'scareerasanovelistwaslaunched.

TheFinancer(1912)andTheTitan(1914)beganhistrilogyabouttheriseofatycoon,butitwasAnAmericanTragedy(1925),basedonnewspaperaccountsofasensationalmurdercase,whichbroughthimfame.ThenovelwasdramatizedonBroadwayandsoldtoHollywood.Newlyinfluentialandaffluent,DreiservisitedRussiaandwasunimpressed,describinghisobservationsintheskepticalDreiserLooksatRussia(1928).Inlateryears,however,hebecameanardent(throughunorthodox)Communist,writingpoliticalTreatisessuchasAmericaIsWorthSaving(1941)Hisartisticpowersonthewane,DreisermovedtoHollywoodin1939andsupportedhimselflargelybythesaleoffilmrightsofhisearlierworks.Hediesthere,in1945,attheageofseventy-four.