Showing posts with label Theodore Dreiser. Show all posts
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Monday, April 22, 2019

Daily Dose

From Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser

THERE WAS

"There was really something exceedingly human -- if not pathetic -- in his being thus relieved by a clearly worded reproof."

From Chapter XXVII, When Waters Engulf Us We Reach for a Star

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Daily Dose

From Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser

HE WOULD

"He rocked a little to and fro, and chewed his finger.  It seemed all very natural in such extreme states.  He would do better later on."

From Chapter 37, The Spirit Awakens: New Search for the Gate

Friday, August 7, 2009

A Tragic American Clerihew

THEODORE DREISER

Though many were nicer
Than Theodore Dreiser,
Few wrote tragedy of the the marriage bans
Better than his about Americans.