Newspaper Days

by Theodore Dreiser

In Newspaper Days , first published in 1922 under the title A Book about Myself , Theodore Dreiser explored his personal life during the time he spent as a reporter for newspapers in Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and New York in the 1890s.

Genres: Biography, History, Journalism

840 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1991

About the author

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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Reviews

[John Otto · Rating 4 out of 5]

This autobiography covers only two years of Dreiser's life, the days he spent working as a newspaperman in Chicago, St. Louis, Toledo, Pittsburgh and New York City. It is exhaustingly detailed, running more than 700 pages and includes not only what he did but also philosophical thoughts. It is unusually frank for the era regarding his sexual experiences and as originally published large chunks of the book were omitted. The expurgated passages are restored in this project by scholars at the University of Pennsylvania. If you are a Dreiser fan, and I am, it is worth reading for more insight into the man.

[Josephine Rickard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was amazing. He's recollecting in his mid-fourties about the end of his newspaper career and his start of becoming the great author he became. His philosophy he used in novels and life is clarified and his indebtedness to Balzac, Spencer, and T.H. Huxley is well documented. Learn the inside secrets of the master! Probably want to read this new edition with extra philosphy and sexual escapades. Read a couple if not all the novels first.

[Judy]

longest, most pointless, self-indulgent book ever. not sister carrie!