• In the process of this development, thousands of country Americans rushed to the cities to find jobs and to build themselves new lives and identities. Sister Carrie captures the excitement of that experience.
• In New York, Hurstwood and Carrie rent a flat.--A--t--f-ir-s--t-,--H--u--r-s-t-w--o--o--d---is---a--b--le--t-o---p--r-o--v-i-d--e---C--a--r-r-i-e---w---it-h----a---s--a-t-i-s--f-a-c--t-o--r-y---s-t-a--n--d--a-r-d----o--f--l-i-v-i-n--g--.--H--o--w--e--v--e-r-,---t-h--e-c-o--u--p--le----g--r-o-w----d--i-s--ta--n--t---a-n--d---H---u-r--s-t-w--o--o--d---a--b--a--n--d-o--n--s---f-i-n--e---m---a-n--n--e--r-s---t-o--w--a--r-d--s-C--a--r-r-ie--.
By 翁颖
Sister Carrie (1900)
It is a novel wrote by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city Chicago where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men, and later becomes a famous actress. It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels" and was made into a movie by William Wyler in 1952. (Carrie 1952)
• The affair is uncovered: Drouet discovers he has been cuckolded, Carrie knows that Hurstwood is married, and Hurstwood’s wife, Julia, learns Hurstwood has been dating with another woman. After a night of drinking, Hurstwood agrees to marry Carrie, and lures Carri-e--t-o---le--a--v-e---w--i-t-h---h-i-m---.-T--h--e--c-o--u--p-l-e---f-in--a--ll-y---m--o--v-e---t-o---N--e--w---Y-o--r-k---C--i-ty--.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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• The novel reflected the American experience guided by the developing capitalist economy.
• There she meets Robert Ames, her neighbor’s cousin, a bright young scholar from Indiana, he introduces the idea to her that great arts, rather than showy materials, are worthy of admiration.
• Drouet installs her in a much larger apartment, and their relationship intensifies.--W---h-e--n---D--r-o--u--e-t---in--t-r-o--d-u--c--e-s---C--a--r-r-i-et-o---G---e-o--r-g--e---H--u--r-s-t-w--o--o--d-,---t-h-e----m--a--n-a--g--e--r--o--f--F'-s-(-a---r-e--s-p--e-c--t-a-b--l-e---b-a--r-)-, Hurstwood,who is dissatisfied with and distant from his social-climbing wife and
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• After only a few years,Hurstwood discovers that his savings are
running out and urges Carrie to work. Carrie turns to New York’s
theatres for employmeTnotparnodmboetecotmheesdeavcehlooprumsegnitr,l. As the rapidly aging
• Carrie takes a job in a shoe factory. Before long, she is shocked by the coarse manners of factory workers and the squalid factory conditions.One day, after an illness that costs her job, she encounters Drouet on a downtown street. O---n--c-e----a-g--a--i-n---t-a--k--e--n---b--y---h--e--r--b--e--a--u--t-y-,---a--n-d---mhg------eo---o---ro---v---dse-------id---bs---t---ye---be---r---y---n---a---oh---n---te---de---r------tl---iopv------oe---M---v---ewi---n---r---int---tyh---i---,e------D---ah---n---ri---mod------u---.mT---e------hto---e---vp------ee---n---sr---es---ix---un---t---a---wd---d---iae---t---hys------,---D---hs---r---eho------reu------et---wo---t---.r---i---lt---ee--a--s--v----ea
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