Theodore Dreiser
American novelist and journalist (1871-1945) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 74
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser 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 more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency.
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Dreiser's best-known novels include Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925).
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