Sister Carrie

By: Dreiser, Theodore

Book Excerpt: hed, and the grey fedora hat. He was, for theorder of intellect represented, attractive, and whatever he hadto recommend him, you may be sure was not lost upon Carrie, inthis, her first glance.Lest this order of individual should permanently pass, let me putdown some of the most striking characteristics of his mostsuccessful manner and method. Good clothes, of course, were thefirst essential, the things without which he was nothing. Astrong physical nature, actuated by a keen desire for thefeminine, was the next. A mind free of any consideration of theproblems or forces of the world and actuated not by greed, but aninsatiable love of variable pleasure. His method was alwayssimple. Its principal element was daring, backed, of course, byan intense desire and admiration for the sex. Let him meet witha young woman once and he would approach her with an air ofkindly familiarity, not unmixed with pleading, which would resultin most cases in a tolerant acceptance. If she showed anytendencRead More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798722750303
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"