With Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser made his debut as an author in 1900. The novel tells the story of a young country woman, Carrie, who moves firstly to Chicago and later to New York to forge ahead. Actually, Carrie and Hurstwood, her husband, are the main characters of the novel. But due to its prominence, the city can be seen as an additional character which influences the way of life of everything living in it. The novel’s action takes place in three different cities: Chicago, Montreal and New York. Even though, the cities differentiate in some specifics, they all reflect the concept of city applied in literature. In Sister Carrie the city can be described as a seducer which influences the expectations of the characters (cf. Hussman 1983: 19) and therefore has a say in the biography of all its residents.
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. The City in the 19th Century
2.1. Chicago
2.2. New York
3. The City in American Literature
3.1. In General
3.2. Theodore Dreiser’s City
4. The City in Sister Carrie
4.1. Chicago
4.2. New York
5. The Influence of the City on the Development of the Main Characters
5.1. Carrie Meeber
5.2. Drouet
5.3. Hurstwood
6. Conclusion
7. Literature
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