Sister Kerry

Published in 1900, Dreiser's debut novel caused a huge scandal — it was called immoral, godless, cynical and discrediting the American dream. A well-known critic wrote that "to praise this novel almost as dangerous to shoot the President." However, "the Sister of Kerry" praised and loved for over a hundred years for the excitement and liveliness, for touching the heroine, a small-town girl Kerry Meber who came to the big city of Chicago in search of dreams...