For 10 points, name this pioneer of American naturalism, the author of An American Tragedy and Sister Carrie.
This author's title characters include the painter Eugene Witla and a man who marries Aileen Butler. This author of The "Genius" wrote three novels about Frank Cowperwood, including The Titan and The Financier. The drowning of Roberta Alden leads to the execution of Clyde Griffiths in another novel by this author, who first gained attention for a novel about the rise of the lover of Hurstwood, Caroline Meeber. For 10 points, name this pioneer of American naturalism, the author of An American Tragedy and Sister Carrie.
This author's title characters include the painter Eugene Witla and a man who marries Aileen Butler.
Theodore {Dreiser}