Essential Novelists - Theodore Dreiser: Unflinching Presentation of Real-life

Essential Novelists - Theodore Dreiser: Unflinching Presentation of Real-life
ISBN-10
8577771644
ISBN-13
9788577771646
Category
Fiction
Pages
677
Language
English
Published
2019-05-07
Publisher
Tacet Books
Authors
August Nemo, Theodore Dreiser

Description

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Theodore Dreiser which are Sister Carrie and The Financier . Theodore Dreiser novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Novels selected for this book: - Sister Carrie - The Financier This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

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