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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 · 106,067 ratings · 5,179 reviews · 480 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sister Carrie 3.78 avg rating — 42,350 ratings — published 1900 — 1248 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 — 39,451 ratings — published 1925 — 607 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 — 8,357 ratings — published 1912 — 988 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 — 4,082 ratings — published 1914 — 27 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 by Theodore Dreiser, James L.W. West III (Editor), Thomas P. Riggio (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 3,838 ratings — published 1911 — 3 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 — 3,128 ratings — published 1947 — 14 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 — 1,544 ratings — published 1915 — 283 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
	Trilogy of desire: Three novels 4.55 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1972	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 3.98 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1946 — 31 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 3.89 avg rating — 189 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

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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 — 39,674 ratings

An American Tragedy (in 3 Books) (3 books)
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3.97 avg rating — 39,673 ratings

Trilogy of Desire (3 books)
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Theodore Dreiser

4.31 avg rating — 15,868 ratings

Собрание сочинений в 12 томах (12 books)
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Марк Волосов (Translator)

4.30 avg rating — 12,750 ratings

The Genius (3 books)
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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

2nd Quarter 2018 (April-June) Long Read Poll

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 1849, 882 pages

62 votes, 15.7%

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847, 867 pages

61 votes, 15.5%

The Arabian Nights, 800, 1049 pages

42 votes, 10.7%

Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, 1976, 729 pages

35 votes, 8.9%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1008, 1182 pages

29 votes, 7.4%

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, 1866, 679 pages

27 votes, 6.9%

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, 1977, 692 pages

23 votes, 5.8%

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996, 1088 pages

22 votes, 5.6%

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

20 votes, 5.1%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353, 909 pages

20 votes, 5.1%

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing, 1962, 640 pages

15 votes, 3.8%

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925, 859 pages

11 votes, 2.8%

The Histories by Herodotus, 400 BCE, 716 pages

9 votes, 2.3%

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, 1865, 796 pages

6 votes, 1.5%

The Golden Bough by James George Frazer, 1890, 880 pages

5 votes, 1.3%

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman, 1982, 936 pages

4 votes, 1.0%

Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn, 1966, 933 pages

3 votes, 0.8%

394 total votes

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