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Kensignton Library Book Club - "Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser
A teenage girl without money or connections leaves her small town
in search of a better life in Dreiser's revolutionary first novel. The
chronicle of Carrie Meeber's rise from obscurity to fame — and the effects of
her progress on the men who use her and are used in turn — aroused much
controversy upon its debut in 1900.
Theodore Dreiser's most accessible novel, Sister Carrie is an epic
of urban life - the story of an innocent heroine adrift in an indifferent city.
When small-town girl Carrie Meeber sets out for Chicago, she is equipped with
nothing but a few dollars, a certain unspoiled beauty and charm, and a pitiful
lack of preparation for the complex moral choices she will face.
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Book club meetings are usually held on the fourth Monday of every month in
the library at 6:30 p.m. New members are always welcome.