Jennie Gerhardt
By - Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
Floor
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Floor 3
Published
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Oxford University Press, Oxford [England], 1991
ISBN 13 - 9780192827432
Book Status
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1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject
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Unmarried mothers
Shelf No
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2
Call Number
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813.52 DRE
Physical Description
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xxx, 378 pages ; 19 cm.
Focusing of Jennie Gerhardt, a poor girl in Columbus, Ohio, Dreiser's novel depicts her inadvertently defying a host of conventions - of class, gender, family and religion. Over a quarter of a century she is repeatedly victimized by circumstance, temperament, and most particularly the fact of her sex. Yet the triumph of the book lies in her incorrigibly loving nature. Cast out by society as well as by her family, she none the less fosters a far deeper understanding of relationships than anyone else