Theodore Dreiser

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Theodore Dreiser


Born
in Terre Haute, Indiana, The United States
August 27, 1871

Died
December 28, 1945

Genre


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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Quotes by Theodore Dreiser  (?)
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“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

“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

“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

Polls

1st Quarter 2018 Long Read Poll

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  69 votes, 20.0%

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  19 votes, 5.5%

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  14 votes, 4.1%

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  14 votes, 4.1%

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  10 votes, 2.9%

 
  6 votes, 1.7%

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  6 votes, 1.7%

 
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  2 votes, 0.6%

 
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