SISTER CARRIE

by Theodore Dreiser

CONTENTS

Chapter I.   THE MAGNET ATTRACTING—A WAIF AMID FORCES

Chapter II.   WHAT POVERTY THREATENED—OF GRANITE AND BRASS

Chapter III.   WEE QUESTION OF FORTUNE—FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK

Chapter IV.   THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY—FACTS ANSWER WITH SNEERS

Chapter V.   A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER—THE USE OF A NAME

Chapter VI.   THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN—A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY

Chapter VII.   THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL—BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

Chapter VIII.   INTIMATIONS BY WINTER—AN AMBASSADOR SUMMONED

Chapter IX.   CONVENTION'S OWN TINDER-BOX—THE EYE THAT IS GREEN

Chapter X.   THE COUNSEL OF WINTER—FORTUNE'S AMBASSADOR CALLS

Chapter XI.   THE PERSUASION OF FASHION—FEELING GUARDS O'ER ITS OWN

Chapter XII.   OF THE LAMPS OF THE MANSIONS—THE AMBASSADOR PLEA

Chapter XIII.   HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED—A BABEL OF TONGUES

Chapter XIV.   WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING—ONE INFLUENCE WANES

Chapter XV.   THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES—THE MAGIC OF YOUTH

Chapter XVI.   A WITLESS ALADDIN—THE GATE TO THE WORLD

Chapter XVII.   A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY—HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYE

Chapter XVIII.   JUST OVER THE BORDER—A HAIL AND FAREWELL

Chapter XIX.   AN HOUR IN ELFLAND—A CLAMOUR HALF HEARD

Chapter XX.   THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT—THE FLESH IN PURSUIT

Chapter XXI.   THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT—THE FLESH IN PURSUIT

Chapter XXII.   THE BLAZE OF THE TINDER—FLESH WARS WITH THE FLESH

Chapter XXIII.   A SPIRIT IN TRAVAIL—ONE RUNG PUT BEHIND

Chapter XXIV.   ASHES OF TINDER—A FACE AT THE WINDOW

Chapter XXV.   ASHES OF TINDER—THE LOOSING OF STAYS

Chapter XXVI.   THE AMBASSADOR FALLEN—A SEARCH FOR THE GATE

Chapter XXVII.   WHEN WATERS ENGULF US WE REACH FOR A STAR

Chapter XXVIII.   A PILGRIM, AN OUTLAW—THE SPIRIT DETAINED

Chapter XXIX.   THE SOLACE OF TRAVEL—THE BOATS OF THE SEA

Chapter XXX.   THE KINGDOM OF GREATNESS—THE PILGRIM A DREAM

Chapter XXXI.   A PET OF GOOD FORTUNE—BROADWAY FLAUNTS ITS JOYS

Chapter XXXII.   THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR—A SEER TO TRANSLATE

Chapter XXXIII.   WITHOUT THE WALLED CITY—THE SLOPE OF THE YEARS

Chapter XXXIV.   THE GRIND OF THE MILLSTONES—A SAMPLE OF CHAFF

Chapter XXXV.   THE PASSING OF EFFORT—THE VISAGE OF CARE

Chapter XXXVI.   A