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Jennie Gerhardt by Theodore Dreiser is a tale about a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United State Senator, who falls in love with her. He helps her family and wishes to marry her. Jennie subsequently agrees to sleep with... Read Full Overview

Dive into a gripping historical romance from master of naturalism Theodore Dreiser. Jennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United State Senator, who becomes infatuated with her. He helps her family... Read Full Overview

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

"She was horrified, stunned, like a bird in the grasp of a cat, but somehow through it all was something terrific, inviting, urging, was speaking to her. He released her from his grasp. 'We won't do... Read Full Overview

One morning, in the fall of 1880, a middle-aged woman, accompanied by a young girl of eighteen, presented herself at the clerk's desk of the principal hotel in Columbus, Ohio, and made inquiry as to whether there was anything about the place that she could do. She was of a helpless,... Read Full Overview

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.

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 - December 28, 1945) was 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... Read Full Overview

Jennie Gerhardt (1911) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Controversial for its honest depiction of work, desire, and urban life, Jennie Gerhardt has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful example of social critique over a century after... Read Full Overview

One morning, in the fall of 1880, a middle-aged woman, accompanied by a young girl of eighteen, presented herself at the clerk's desk of the principal hotel in Columbus, Ohio, and made inquiry as to whether there was anything about the place that she could do. She was of a helpless,... Read Full Overview

Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school whose novels often featured characters who succeeded in their objectives despite the lack of a firm moral code. His best known works are Sister Carrie (1900), and An American Tragedy... Read Full Overview

Dive into a gripping historical romance from master of naturalism Theodore Dreiser. Jennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United State Senator, who becomes infatuated with her. He helps her family... Read Full Overview

Dreiser's second novel and his own personal favorite features an impoverished heroine who, in simply trying to make her way in the world, inadvertently defies a host of social conventions. Following the addition of Sister Carrie to the World's Classics series, Jennie Gerhardt... Read Full Overview

Dive into a gripping historical romance from master of naturalism Theodore Dreiser. Jennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United State Senator, who becomes infatuated with her. He helps her family... Read Full Overview

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

"She was horrified, stunned, like a bird in the grasp of a cat, but somehow through it all was something terrific, inviting, urging, was speaking to her. He released her from his grasp. 'We won't do... Read Full Overview

"For Dreiser, "Jennie Gerhardt" was a good career move. Now, with this Pennsylvania edition, we know that it is also a great novel."--"New York Times"