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Jennie Gerhardt

Jennie Gerhardt

Dreiser, Theodore

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1978483392
ISBN13: 9781978483392
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Oct 19 2017
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Dreiser's second novel, Jennie Gerhardt, is often considered his most popular, having sold more than five thousand copies in its first six months. Not only does the author show his characters through their own dialogue (rather than relying on description and narration), he also injects a bit of realistic humor in the baby talk conversations between a toddler and her grandfather. Moreover, he presents a heroine whose sexual liaisons stem not from a longing for possessions but from a sense of family responsibility. Because Jennie's father is an unemployed glassblower with six children, Jennie helps out by doing the laundry of George Brander, a senator who resides at a fashionable hotel. Having taken a fancy to Jennie, Brander tells her that if ever she or her family are in need, he will help. Thus, when Jennie's brother gets into trouble with the law, Brander gives Jennie the ten dollars bail that her parents cannot afford. In her relief and gratitude, Jennie yields herself to him completely.

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