One of those men, a fancy travelling salesman, provides the title character a lavish lifestyle unlike her hometown of Columbia City.
A key conversation in this novel takes place over a meal of sirloin and asparagus, while two men watch the play "Under the Gaslight" in another scene, not knowing that they love the same actress. One of those men, a fancy travelling salesman, provides the title character a lavish lifestyle unlike her hometown of Columbia City. In a new city without Charles Drouet, that protagonist's career improves greatly while her husband George Hurstwood descends into poverty and gambling before committing suicide in a flophouse. Name this controversial novel about a rural Midwestern girl in an urban setting named Caroline Meeber, the debut novel of Theodore Dreiser.
A key conversation in this novel takes place over a meal of sirloin and asparagus, while two men watch the play "Under the Gaslight" in another scene, not knowing that they love the same actress.
{Sister Carrie}