The protagonist of this work compares a lover unfavorably to the cultured Mr. and Mrs. Vance.  That character goes to live with her sister and brother-in- law Sven, but is forced to work for a shoe factory and give all but fifty cents of her income to her relatives.  A marriage ceremony that probably wasn't legal takes place in Montreal in this work, while one main character assumes the pseudonym "Wheeler."  In the end, one character dies destitute and is buried in a potter's field, while the protagonist becomes a succe
The protagonist of this work compares a lover unfavorably to the cultured Mr. and Mrs. Vance.  That character goes to live with her sister and brother-in- law Sven, but is forced to work for a shoe factory and give all but fifty cents of her income to her relatives.  A marriage ceremony that probably wasn't legal takes place in Montreal in this work, while one main character assumes the pseudonym "Wheeler."  In the end, one character dies destitute and is buried in a potter's field, while the protagonist becomes a successful actress in New York.  The title character of this novel first meets Charles Drouet on a train, and that man sets her up with G.W. Underwood, a married man.  FTP, name this novel about the title girl from Wisconsin, a work of Theodore Dreiser.
The protagonist of this work compares a lover unfavorably to the cultured Mr. and Mrs. Vance.  
{Sister Carrie }(2) [AH]