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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To
mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania
Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's
distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print.
Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers
peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To
mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania
Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's
distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print.
Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers
peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
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The Financier (Paperback)
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The Financier (1912) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. The first
installment of Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, The Financier has
endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful
example of social critique over a century after its publication.
Followed by The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947), The Financier
captures the greed at the heart of the Gilded Age, a time when
tycoons rose with total impunity to take over swaths of American
industry. Based on the life of Charles Yerkes, an influential
businessman who funded the development of railway systems in
Chicago and London, The Financier is a masterpiece of twentieth
century American literature that continues to resonate today. Born
the son of a banker, Frank Cowperhood comes of age in a rapidly
changing Philadelphia. Determined to make something at himself, he
discovers his talent for purchasing goods at a low price in order
to sell them for a profit to local stores. Eventually, he finds
work at several local finance companies, gaining the trust of the
local elite while enriching himself through dubious deals and
schemes. Despite his young age, he marries a wealthy widow,
cementing his status as a man of fortune. When he is caught up in
an investigation into thefts from the city treasury, he is forced
to rely on his hard-earned talent for grifting in order to keep
himself out of prison. Through bribery, blackmail, and
extortion-the means with which he made his way to the top-he
attempts to lift himself from the depths of his own undoing. The
Financier is a story of romance, greed, and betrayal that says as
much about a single man as it does about the values of an entire
society. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Theodore Dreiser's The
Financier is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern
readers.
A landmark in American literature, presented in its complete and unexpurgated version. Dreiser's unsparing story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man marked the beginning of the naturalist movement in America. Both its subject matter and Dreiser's objective, nonmoralizing approach made it highly controversial, and only a heavily edited version could be published in 1900. In this restored version, the truly revolutionary nature of Sister Carrie is made fully evident.
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The Titan (Hardcover)
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The Titan (1914) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. The second
installment of Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, The Financier has
endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful
example of social critique over a century after its publication.
Preceded by The Financier (1914) and followed by The Stoic (1947),
The Titan captures the greed at the heart of the Gilded Age, a time
when tycoons rose with total impunity to take over swaths of
American industry. Based on the life of Charles Yerkes, an
influential businessman who funded the development of railway
systems in Chicago and London, The Titan is a masterpiece of
twentieth century American literature that continues to resonate
today. Following his release from prison, Frank Cowperwood exploits
the recent Panic of 1873 to purchase stocks at a reduced price,
turning a profit and becoming a millionaire once more. Unable to
remain in his native Philadelphia, however, he moves to Chicago
with his young lover, secures a divorce with his estranged wife,
and sets his sights on a failing street-railway system. Elbowing
competitors out of the way, Cowperwood takes control of Chicago's
burgeoning transit system and reaches new heights as a man of
means. When news of his past becomes known to the local elite, he
becomes a pariah at social gatherings. Slowly but surely, his grip
on the city of Chicago begins to loosen, as does the strength of
his marriage. Wracked by doubt, brought down by his lustful ways,
Cowperwood begins to question the trajectory of his ambitious life.
The Titan is a story of romance, greed, and betrayal that says as
much about a single man as it does about the values of an entire
society. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Theodore Dreiser's The Titan is
a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Although world-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie
Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in
journalism, autobiography, and travel writing. In 1919, having
recently accepted the publishing contract of a new publisher, Boni
and Liveright, Dreiser proposed to publish a "book of characters"
that would collect twelve biographical sketches of individuals who
were major influences on Dreiser, both as a man and as a writer.
The resulting narratives combine the best attributes of the
character sketch, the autobiography, and the short story into
miniature masterpieces of prose. The men profiled in Twelve Men are
a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser's equally famous
brother, the songwriter Paul Dresser ("My Brother Paul"), to the
entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke ("The Mighty
Rourke"), on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903. The
twelve narratives are compelling portraits of the men portrayed,
but they also reveal many insights into Dreiser's own life and
work. These factors elevate the significance of Twelve Men to a
level consistent with other major works in the Dreiser canon.
Sister Carrie The Pennsylvania Edition Revised Edition Theodore
Dreiser. Edited by Thomas P. Riggio "In restoring Dreiser's
masterpiece, the editors of the Pennsylvania Edition have given us
more than a literary curiosity; like art historians cleaning a da
Vinci fresco, they have uncovered the original glowing with an
ancient newness."--Richard Lingeman, "The Nation" "No work of such
historical repute . . . has ever been republished with such major
change. . . . The 'new' novel . . . will probably become the
accepted standard."--Herbert Mitgang, "New York Times" "The
'restored' "Sister Carrie" . . . is in many ways a different book,
fuller, less cruel, more recognizably Dreiser's own work."--Alfred
Kazin, "New York Review of Books" The University of Pennsylvania
Dreiser Edition 1998 544 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-1638-7 Paper
$28.95s 19.00 World Rights Literature
Theodore Dreiser's "Russian Diary" is an extended record of the
American writer's travels throughout the Soviet Union in 1927-28.
Dreiser was initially invited to Moscow for a week-long observance
of the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution. He asked, and
was granted, permission to make an extended tour of the
country.This previously unpublished diary is a firsthand record of
life in the USSR during the 1920s as seen by a leading American
cultural figure. It is a valuable primary source, surely among the
last from this period of modern history.
First published in 1922, this is the true account of a young
reporter's experiences writing for newspapers in Chicago, St Louis,
Pittsburgh and New York City from 1892 to 1895. This edition
restores previously expurgated passages and notes where the
author's recollections differ from fact.
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The Titan (Paperback)
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The Titan (1914) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. The second
installment of Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, The Financier has
endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful
example of social critique over a century after its publication.
Preceded by The Financier (1914) and followed by The Stoic (1947),
The Titan captures the greed at the heart of the Gilded Age, a time
when tycoons rose with total impunity to take over swaths of
American industry. Based on the life of Charles Yerkes, an
influential businessman who funded the development of railway
systems in Chicago and London, The Titan is a masterpiece of
twentieth century American literature that continues to resonate
today. Following his release from prison, Frank Cowperwood exploits
the recent Panic of 1873 to purchase stocks at a reduced price,
turning a profit and becoming a millionaire once more. Unable to
remain in his native Philadelphia, however, he moves to Chicago
with his young lover, secures a divorce with his estranged wife,
and sets his sights on a failing street-railway system. Elbowing
competitors out of the way, Cowperwood takes control of Chicago's
burgeoning transit system and reaches new heights as a man of
means. When news of his past becomes known to the local elite, he
becomes a pariah at social gatherings. Slowly but surely, his grip
on the city of Chicago begins to loosen, as does the strength of
his marriage. Wracked by doubt, brought down by his lustful ways,
Cowperwood begins to question the trajectory of his ambitious life.
The Titan is a story of romance, greed, and betrayal that says as
much about a single man as it does about the values of an entire
society. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Theodore Dreiser's The Titan is
a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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An American Tragedy (Hardcover)
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An American Tragedy (1925) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Written
and rewritten over a number of years, An American Tragedy is a
weighty epic with a cleareyed vision of the decay at the heart of
industrialized society. Based on the murder of Grace Brown in 1906,
the novel proved controversial for its depiction of depravity and
violence, but has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and
remains a powerful example of social critique nearly a century
after its publication. A young Midwesterner bucks against his
puritan upbringing, drinking with acquaintances and frequenting
prostitutes when he isn't busy working any number of thankless
jobs. As friends and lovers come and go, he fails to find footing
in a society fueled by ambition and cunning. Forced to flee Kansas
City after a deadly auto accident, Clyde moves to Chicago before
settling in Lycurgus, New York, where he meets a young farmgirl
named Roberta Allen. When she becomes pregnant, Clyde begins to
feel his dreams of freedom fade, and longs for a way out of
marriage. Desperate and confused, he turns to a beautiful socialite
named Sondra Finchley, the daughter of a local factory owner. Clyde
knows what he should do-marry Roberta, settle down, raise a
family-but his reckless ways refuse to remain in the past. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy is a classic
of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Sister Carrie (Paperback)
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Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Controversial
for its honest depiction of work, desire, and urban life, Sister
Carrie has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a
powerful example of social critique over a century after its
publication. Despite poor reviews upon publication, the novel is
now considered a landmark of American literature. Tired of the
countryside, Carrie Meeber moves to Chicago to live with her older
sister and her husband. On the train ride into the city, she meets
an older man, a handsome traveling salesman named Charles Drouet.
Despite their obvious attraction, she decides to focus on finding
work in order to pay rent. Carrie struggles at a local factory and
longs to pursue her interest in acting, but knows that her
obligation to family requires she work diligently and without
complaint. One day, she encounters Charles on the street and joins
him for lunch. He offers to take her in, suggesting that she need
no longer worry about factory work or her sister, and remarking on
her natural beauty and effortless charm. Soon, however, she strikes
up a relationship with an unhappily married man, risking her
stability with Charles and tying her fortunes to Hurstwood, who
soon proves arrogant and manipulative. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of
Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie is a classic of American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Sister Carrie (Hardcover)
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Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Controversial
for its honest depiction of work, desire, and urban life, Sister
Carrie has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a
powerful example of social critique over a century after its
publication. Despite poor reviews upon publication, the novel is
now considered a landmark of American literature. Tired of the
countryside, Carrie Meeber moves to Chicago to live with her older
sister and her husband. On the train ride into the city, she meets
an older man, a handsome traveling salesman named Charles Drouet.
Despite their obvious attraction, she decides to focus on finding
work in order to pay rent. Carrie struggles at a local factory and
longs to pursue her interest in acting, but knows that her
obligation to family requires she work diligently and without
complaint. One day, she encounters Charles on the street and joins
him for lunch. He offers to take her in, suggesting that she need
no longer worry about factory work or her sister, and remarking on
her natural beauty and effortless charm. Soon, however, she strikes
up a relationship with an unhappily married man, risking her
stability with Charles and tying her fortunes to Hurstwood, who
soon proves arrogant and manipulative. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of
Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie is a classic of American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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The "Genius" (Hardcover)
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The "Genius" (1915) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Based partly on
his own experience as an artist from the Midwest, The "Genius"
examines the nature of talent, the difficulty of desire, and the
meaning of faith itself. Although he had high hopes for the novel,
reviews were mixed, and sales suffered due to charges of obscenity.
Some critics, however, praised Dreiser's openness on sex and
desire, opposing the censorship targeting the author's work. Eugene
Witla may have been born in a small Midwestern town, but his dreams
look past the farmland and fields of his youth to the towers and
streets of Chicago. He enrolls at the Chicago Art Institute to
study painting, but ultimately spends more time with women than he
does in class. Despite his desire to continue his faithless ways,
Eugene agrees to marry his lover Angela. Together, they move to New
York City, where Eugene's urban realist style is in high demand
from critics and galleries alike. At every turn, however, he feels
held back by his obligation to Angela, who has no creative
inclination and seems happy to live a simple, anonymous life. On a
trip to Europe, Eugene suffers a breakdown and ultimately decides
to abandon his art, turning to advertising instead. Although he
claims to be satisfied, his behavior soon proves otherwise. The
"Genius" is a story of romance, heartache, and betrayal that says
as much about a single man as it does about the values of an entire
society. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Theodore Dreiser's The "Genius"
is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Jennie Gerhardt (Paperback)
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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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The Financier (Hardcover)
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The Financier (1912) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. The first
installment of Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire, The Financier has
endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful
example of social critique over a century after its publication.
Followed by The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947), The Financier
captures the greed at the heart of the Gilded Age, a time when
tycoons rose with total impunity to take over swaths of American
industry. Based on the life of Charles Yerkes, an influential
businessman who funded the development of railway systems in
Chicago and London, The Financier is a masterpiece of twentieth
century American literature that continues to resonate today. Born
the son of a banker, Frank Cowperhood comes of age in a rapidly
changing Philadelphia. Determined to make something at himself, he
discovers his talent for purchasing goods at a low price in order
to sell them for a profit to local stores. Eventually, he finds
work at several local finance companies, gaining the trust of the
local elite while enriching himself through dubious deals and
schemes. Despite his young age, he marries a wealthy widow,
cementing his status as a man of fortune. When he is caught up in
an investigation into thefts from the city treasury, he is forced
to rely on his hard-earned talent for grifting in order to keep
himself out of prison. Through bribery, blackmail, and
extortion—the means with which he made his way to the top—he
attempts to lift himself from the depths of his own undoing. The
Financier is a story of romance, greed, and betrayal that says as
much about a single man as it does about the values of an entire
society. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Theodore Dreiser’s The
Financier is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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The "Genius" (Paperback)
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The "Genius" (1915) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Based partly on
his own experience as an artist from the Midwest, The "Genius"
examines the nature of talent, the difficulty of desire, and the
meaning of faith itself. Although he had high hopes for the novel,
reviews were mixed, and sales suffered due to charges of obscenity.
Some critics, however, praised Dreiser's openness on sex and
desire, opposing the censorship targeting the author's work. Eugene
Witla may have been born in a small Midwestern town, but his dreams
look past the farmland and fields of his youth to the towers and
streets of Chicago. He enrolls at the Chicago Art Institute to
study painting, but ultimately spends more time with women than he
does in class. Despite his desire to continue his faithless ways,
Eugene agrees to marry his lover Angela. Together, they move to New
York City, where Eugene's urban realist style is in high demand
from critics and galleries alike. At every turn, however, he feels
held back by his obligation to Angela, who has no creative
inclination and seems happy to live a simple, anonymous life. On a
trip to Europe, Eugene suffers a breakdown and ultimately decides
to abandon his art, turning to advertising instead. Although he
claims to be satisfied, his behavior soon proves otherwise. The
"Genius" is a story of romance, heartache, and betrayal that says
as much about a single man as it does about the values of an entire
society. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Theodore Dreiser's The "Genius"
is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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An American Tragedy (Paperback)
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An American Tragedy (1925) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Written
and rewritten over a number of years, An American Tragedy is a
weighty epic with a cleareyed vision of the decay at the heart of
industrialized society. Based on the murder of Grace Brown in 1906,
the novel proved controversial for its depiction of depravity and
violence, but has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and
remains a powerful example of social critique nearly a century
after its publication. A young Midwesterner bucks against his
puritan upbringing, drinking with acquaintances and frequenting
prostitutes when he isn't busy working any number of thankless
jobs. As friends and lovers come and go, he fails to find footing
in a society fueled by ambition and cunning. Forced to flee Kansas
City after a deadly auto accident, Clyde moves to Chicago before
settling in Lycurgus, New York, where he meets a young farmgirl
named Roberta Allen. When she becomes pregnant, Clyde begins to
feel his dreams of freedom fade, and longs for a way out of
marriage. Desperate and confused, he turns to a beautiful socialite
named Sondra Finchley, the daughter of a local factory owner. Clyde
knows what he should do-marry Roberta, settle down, raise a
family-but his reckless ways refuse to remain in the past. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy is a classic
of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Dreiser's careful preservation of his papers bears new fruit with
the publication of his personal diaries for the years 1902-26. This
volume presents all seven of Dreiser's hitherto unpublished
American diaries, the intermittent journals he kept during the most
productive years of his literary career. Together they constitute a
revealing self-portrait as well as a valuable commentary on the
American scene during the first quarter of the twentieth century.
They offer reflections on turn-of-the-century Philadelphia, the
American South and Mid-West, Greenwich Village of the
nineteen-teens, and Hollywood of the twenties. The diaries begin in
1902, when Dreiser was at a low point after the "suppression" of
Sister Carrie, and continue until 1926, when he was enjoying the
greatest success of his career with An American Tragedy. This
publication constitutes in its entirety a new source for
biographical and critical study. This is particularly true of the
diaries covering Dreiser's experience in Philadelphia, Greenwich
Village, and with Helen Richardson-all of which were not available
to previous biographers. The present Introduction by Professor
Riggio is the first biographical narrative to make use of these
materials. Future biographers will now be able to speak with more
assurance of Dreiser's whereabouts, the people he knew, what he was
reading, which writings were in progress, and of his fascinating
private affairs in general. In addition, these diaries will be of
interest to students of Dreiser's literary art, as they reveal
subtle aspects of how Dreiser viewed the external world and
transmuted it in his daily creative efforts.
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