Sister Carrie
American novelist, 1871–1945.
Sister Carrie is a 1900 novel by Theodore Dreiser.
On 2 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Theodore Dreiser
- First published
- 1900
- Length
- 346 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Class and society, Feminist, Love story
Is Sister Carrie worth reading?
2 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 33 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Sister Carrie
The edition we link to is the Digireads.com Publishing paperback (2018), 346 pages.
- Publisher
- Digireads.com Publishing (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 346
- ISBN
- 9781420957792
How critics and readers rate Sister Carrie
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 21% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Sister Carrie
If you liked Sister Carrie, try An American Tragedy, Middlemarch or Great Expectations.
