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Jennie Gerhardt (Paperback)
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Jennie Gerhardt (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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List price R457
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Jennie Gerhardt (1911) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser.
Controversial for its honest depiction of work, desire, and urban
life, Jennie Gerhardt has endured as a classic of naturalist
fiction and remains a powerful example of social critique over a
century after its publication. Originally titled The Transgressor,
the novel was shelved by Dreiser following a nervous breakdown in
1903. Controversial upon publication, Jennie Gerhardt has been
largely overshadowed by Dreiser's other works, but undoubtedly
deserves renewed attention from readers and critics alike. In
Columbus, Ohio, Jennie Gerhardt struggles to make ends meet while
working at a popular hotel. There, she encounters a United States
Senator, who takes a liking to her and offers his help with
finances. Wary at first, Jennie acquiesces, and soon grows to care
for the older man. She becomes pregnant and Senator Brander
promises to marry her, but an outbreak of typhoid claims him as one
of its victims. Left to raise a daughter on her own, Jennie moves
to Cleveland to look for work. Employed as a lady's maid, she soon
meets the son of a wealthy industrialist who seems to have her best
interests in mind. In order to stay with him, however, she hides
her daughter by leaving her with her mother, and joins Lester on a
trip to New York. Jennie Gerhardt is a story of tragedy and hope,
of one woman determined to get more out of life than was promised
to her at birth. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Theodore
Dreiser's Jennie Gerhardt is a classic of American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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