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Theodore Dreiser

Born

in Terre Haute, Indiana, The United States

August 27, 1871

Died

December 28, 1945

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Naturalistic novels of American writer and editor Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser portray life as a struggle against ungovernable forces. Value of his portrayed characters lies in their persistence against all obstacles, not their moral code, and literary situations more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency; this American novelist and journalist so pioneered the naturalist school.

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Theodore Dreiser’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 102,690 ratings · 4,852 reviews · 433 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sister Carrie 3.77 avg rating — 41,463 ratings — published 1900 — 1295 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,394 ratings — published 1925 — 596 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Financier (Trilogy of Desire, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 7,746 ratings — published 1912 — 893 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Titan (Trilogy of desire, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 3,844 ratings — published 1914 — 745 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jennie Gerhardt (Pine Street Books) by Theodore Dreiser, James L.W. West III (Editor), Thomas P. Riggio (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 3,657 ratings — published 1911 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stoic (Trilogy of desire, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 2,947 ratings — published 1947 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Genius 4.21 avg rating — 1,482 ratings — 246 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bulwark 3.93 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1946 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Stories 3.88 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 1918 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An American Tragedy Part Two 4.02 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1925 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Theodore Dreiser

An American Tragedy (3 books)
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Theodore Dreiser

3.97 avg rating — 38,769 ratings

Trilogy of Desire (4 books)
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4.32 avg rating — 14,666 ratings

Собрание сочинений в 12 томах (13 books)
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4.28 avg rating — 8,159 ratings

An American Tragedy (in 2 Volumes) (2 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 328 ratings

Quotes by Theodore Dreiser (?)

“How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.”
― Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie

tags: words

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“Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.”
― Theodore Dreiser

tags: inadequacy-of-words, words, writing

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“People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens.”
― Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie

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Polls

January 2023 New School Classics Poll

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, 1980, 394 pages

49 votes, 20.0%

On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957, 296 pages

42 votes, 17.1%

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser, 1900, 580 pages

38 votes, 15.5%

Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain, 1941, 288 pages

33 votes, 13.5%

Defying Hitler: A Memoir by Sebastian Haffner, 1939, 326 pages

31 votes, 12.7%

Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, 1947, 384 pages

30 votes, 12.2%

The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, 1940, 247 pages

22 votes, 9.0%

245 total votes

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