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Jennie Gerhardt
Theodore Dreiser
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This is a story of an innocent, caring, beautiful young girl from and extremely poor family who throughout her life is drawn into affairs with two different men from a much higher social class. How members of her family, the family of one of the wealthy men, and society in general react to her situation is the basis of this story.
This is a story of an innocent, caring, beautiful young girl from and extremely poor family who throughout her life is drawn into affairs with two different men from a much higher social class. How members of her family, the family of one of the wealthy men, and society in general react to her situation is the basis of this story.
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"Oh," began Mrs. Gerhardt, visibly struggling with her fears, and moved to make an end of it at any cost, "Jennie is in trouble. I don't know what to do. She—"
Gerhardt, who had unscrewed a door-lock and was trying to mend it, looked up sharply from his work.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
Mrs. Gerhardt had her apron in her hands at the time, her nervous tendency to roll it coming upon her. She tried to summon sufficient courage to explain, but fear mastered her completely; she lifted the apron to her eyes and began to cry.
Gerhardt looked at her and rose. He was a man with the Calvin type of face, rather spare, with skin sallow and discolored as the result of age and work in the wind and rain. When he was surprised or angry sparks of light glittered in his eyes. He frequently pushed his hair back when he was troubled, and almost invariably walked the floor; just now he looked . . . Read More
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Мене важко довести до сліз, але ця книжка ближче бо фіналу зробила це декілька разів.
Історія дуже сумна. Колись прочитала, що Драйзер надихнувся життям своєї сестри, пишучи цей роман. Коли починала його читати, наперед уявила, що очікує попереду, вибудовуючи гірший варіант розвитку, ніж у «Сестрі Ке
In all of nature there is only perfection. Seen as complete, it is breathlessly beautiful in its splendor. "No process is vile, no condition is unnatural."* Everything has its place. No separate part, or single entity when viewed as a whole. Each unit plays a distinct role, every performance a contr
Este livro fala-nos da vida de Jenni Gerhardt. Jenny é a segunda dos seis filhos do Sr. e Sra. Gerhardt, que têm ascendência alemã e professam a fé luterana.
No início da história Jenny tem 18 anos e a sua família passa por várias dificuldades financeiras, sem dinheiro para fazer face às despesas reg
Oh my word! What a beautiful novel. And that ending, I cried and cried. Such an amazing writer Dreiser is, this could be my all time favourite book.
Searching for classics a while back I came across the novel, Jennie Gerhardt by Theodore Dreiser, both title and author completely unknown to me, and I
A touching story of a girl fighting the cruelities of the American life. Could not help crying in some parts. Love is not just loving. It is something more. This is what the book taught me.