Theodore: 1024 books

This collection of twelve narratives was published in 1919, though seven had seen magazine publication previously.  They are portraits of people Dreiser came across in his life who influenced him, ranging from his brother Paul, a noted songwriter, to a tough-as-nails railroad foreman on whose crew a youthful Dreiser had labored.

In The Titan (1914), the second volume in Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, which began with The Financier (1912) and finished with the posthumously published The Stoic (1947), the action shifts from Philadelphia to Chicago, where Frank Cowperwood plans to make himself the boss of the city's transportation system . . . by any means necessary.

The Financier is a nuanced portrait of one of the greatest characters in twentieth-century literature. Based on the life of railway tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes, the epic narrative spans from the aftermath of the Civil War to the Great Chicago Fire and the Panic of 1873. Both a glimpse of a fascinating...

Cowperwood, still married to his estranged wife Aileen, lives with Berenice. He decides to move to London, England, where he intends to take over and develop the underground railway system. Berenice becomes close to Earl Stane, while Frank has an affair with Lorna Maris, a relative of his. Meanwhile,...

An American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Dreiser's best known...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Published in 1900, Sister Carrie follows its protagonist, Carrie, as she resolutely makes her way through the bustling city of Chicago in the hope of achieving her ultimate goal of a securing...

Regarded as one of Dreiser's best novels, Jennie Gerhardt is here recaptured as it was originally written, restoring it to its complete, unexpurgated form.

A country girl moves to the big city and lives her own version of the American Dream by becoming mistress to the men of her choice and so working her way to fame as an actress. Sinclair Lewis said of the novel in 1930, "Dreiser's great first novel, Sister Carrie, which he dared to publish...

Once you recall that Miss Thistlebottom was your elementary-school teacher who laid down all manner of taboos concerning the use of language, you will have an idea of what this book is about. In no sense permissive or radical, it topples the taboos that lack historical, logical or grammatical basis....

In “one of the great coming-of-age novels of the twentieth century,” an estranged father and son struggle to get by in 1950s Michigan (New York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Haigh).   It’s 1959 in Flint, Michigan, and sixteen-year-old Alex Housman has just stolen his fourteenth car. Frankly,...

The new eighth edition of Barron’s 501 Spanish Verbs shows students, travelers, and adult learners exactly how to use the 501 most common and useful Spanish verbs in all 15 tenses and moods. Fluency in Spanish starts with knowledge of verbs, and the authors provide clear, easy-to-use guidance. Each...

This anthology of literary and dramatic works introduces writers from across Asia and the Asian diaspora. The landscapes and time periods it describes are rich and varied: a fishing village on the Padma River in Bangladesh in the early twentieth century, the slums of prewar Tokyo, Indonesia during...

Cecil Dreeme is one of the queerest American novels of the 19th century. This edition, which includes a new introduction contextualizing the sexual history of the period and queer longings of the book, brings a rare, almost forgotten, sensational gothic novel set in New York’s West Village back...

This educational book teaches its user, the essential techniques that will enable identification of the common pitfalls of grammar, and how to avoid them.