first edition
1900 · New York
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1900. First edition of author's first novel. Crown octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 197 x 130 mm). [8], 557, [1, blank] pp.
Original red cloth. Front board lettered and ruled in black, spine lettered in black.. Inner hinges expertly repaired. Occasional light thumb soiling. A couple of small marginal closed tears on p. 129. Still, overall an about fine copy of a scarce item. In a custom quarter red morocco clamshell case.
Sister Carrie is one of most significant works of American turn of the century realism.
"Sister Carrie, first novel by Theodore Dreiser [was] published in 1900 but suppressed until 1912. Sister Carrie is a work of pivotal importance in American literature, and it became a model for subsequent American writers of realism." (Brittanica).
"[Sister Carrie] became a beacon to subsequent American writers whose allegiance was to the realistic treatment of any and all subject matter. Sister Carrie tells the story of a rudderless but pretty small-town girl who comes to the big city filled with vague ambitions. She is used by men and uses them in turn to become a successful Broadway actress while George Hurstwood, the married man who has run away with her, loses his grip on life and descends into beggary and suicide. Sister Carrie was the first masterpiece of the American naturalistic movement in its grittily factual presentation of the vagaries of urban life and in its ingenuous heroine, who goes unpunished for her transgressions against conventional sexual morality. The book's strengths include a brooding but compassionate view of humanity, a memorable cast of characters, and a compelling narrative line. The emotional disintegration of Hurstwood is a much-praised triumph of psychological analysis. (Brittaniac).
Atkinson, p. 7. MacDonald, pp. 29-33. Pizer, Dowell & Rusch, A1.
HBS 68755.
$8,500. (Inventory #: 68755)
Original red cloth. Front board lettered and ruled in black, spine lettered in black.. Inner hinges expertly repaired. Occasional light thumb soiling. A couple of small marginal closed tears on p. 129. Still, overall an about fine copy of a scarce item. In a custom quarter red morocco clamshell case.
Sister Carrie is one of most significant works of American turn of the century realism.
"Sister Carrie, first novel by Theodore Dreiser [was] published in 1900 but suppressed until 1912. Sister Carrie is a work of pivotal importance in American literature, and it became a model for subsequent American writers of realism." (Brittanica).
"[Sister Carrie] became a beacon to subsequent American writers whose allegiance was to the realistic treatment of any and all subject matter. Sister Carrie tells the story of a rudderless but pretty small-town girl who comes to the big city filled with vague ambitions. She is used by men and uses them in turn to become a successful Broadway actress while George Hurstwood, the married man who has run away with her, loses his grip on life and descends into beggary and suicide. Sister Carrie was the first masterpiece of the American naturalistic movement in its grittily factual presentation of the vagaries of urban life and in its ingenuous heroine, who goes unpunished for her transgressions against conventional sexual morality. The book's strengths include a brooding but compassionate view of humanity, a memorable cast of characters, and a compelling narrative line. The emotional disintegration of Hurstwood is a much-praised triumph of psychological analysis. (Brittaniac).
Atkinson, p. 7. MacDonald, pp. 29-33. Pizer, Dowell & Rusch, A1.
HBS 68755.
$8,500. (Inventory #: 68755)