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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 · 103,800 ratings · 4,941 reviews · 455 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sister Carrie 3.78 avg rating — 41,742 ratings — published 1900 — 137 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 — 38,726 ratings — published 1925 — 610 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 — 7,869 ratings — published 1912 — 40 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 — 3,911 ratings — published 1914 — 23 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) 4.09 avg rating — 3,713 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 — 3,007 ratings — published 1947 — 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
	The Genius 4.21 avg rating — 1,508 ratings — published 1915 — 247 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 — 243 ratings — published 1946 — 29 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 — 190 ratings — published 1918 — 8 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
	Финансист. Титан. Стоик by Theodore Dreiser, Теодор Драйзер 4.58 avg rating — 128 ratings	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 (in 2 Volumes) (2 books)
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Theodore Dreiser

3.97 avg rating — 38,933 ratings

An American Tragedy (in 3 Books) (3 books)
by

Theodore Dreiser

3.97 avg rating — 38,933 ratings

Trilogy of Desire (4 books)
by

Theodore Dreiser

4.32 avg rating — 14,911 ratings

Собрание сочинений в 12 томах (12 books)
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Theodore Dreiser,

Марк Волосов (Translator)

4.28 avg rating — 8,158 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

2016 1st Quarter Long Read

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages

25 votes, 17.9%

1996, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, 835 pages

17 votes, 12.1%

1853, Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1017 pages

15 votes, 10.7%

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages

15 votes, 10.7%

1965, Dune by Frank Herbert, 604 pages

15 votes, 10.7%

1870, Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 733 pages

7 votes, 5.0%

1915, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages

7 votes, 5.0%

1901, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 731 pages

6 votes, 4.3%

1982, North and South by John Jakes, 812 pages

6 votes, 4.3%

1925, An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 859 pages

5 votes, 3.6%

1928, Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford, 836 pages

5 votes, 3.6%

1993, A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages

4 votes, 2.9%

1985, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 945 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1836, Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens, 688 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1987, The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 656 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1983, Helliconia by Brian W. Aldiss, 1305 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1980, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, 912 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1948, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 740 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1863, Romola by George Eliot, 688 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1951, A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement by Anthony Powell, 718 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

140 total votes

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