嘉莉妹妹

Theodore Dreiser （1871-1945） wasan American novelist andjournalist. In 1892, when Dreiserbegan work as a newspaperman,he "began to observe a certaintype of crime in the United Statesthat proved very common. Itseemed to spring from the factthat almost every young personwas possessed of an ingrownambition to be somebodyfinancially and socially." He pioneered the naturalistschool and is known forportraying characters whose valuelies not in their moral code, butin their persistence against allobstacles, and literary situationsthat more closely resemblestudies of nature than tales ofchoice and agency.

《嘉莉妹妹(英文版)》是美国20世纪第一部描写都市生活的力作，小说真实地再现了一个农村姑娘如何受到芝加哥灯红酒绿、浮华丑恶氖围的熏染，逐渐泯灭淳朴的个性，以牺牲色相为代价成为纽约电影界的名演员，从而跻身于上流社会。小说因其太过真实的描写剌痛了道德家们的眼睛。当年为出版社审阅书稿的就是美国著名作家、长篇小说《章鱼》的作者弗兰克·诺克斯，尽管诺克斯对这位文学新人身上闪现着的深刻、敏锐的批判精神大加赞赏，最终也没能扭转遭禁的厄运。 美国第一位诺贝尔文学奖得主辛克莱·刘易斯曾满怀深情地说：“德莱塞于三十年前写作了他的处女作《嘉莉妹妹(英文版)》，而我在二十五年前就读到了它；它像一股自由、强劲的西风吹进闭塞、沉闷的美国，给我们滞塞的个人天地里带来了自马克’吐温和魏特曼以来的第一缕新鲜空气。”

Chapter I THE MAGNET ATTRACTING——A WAIF AMID FORCES Chapter II WHAT POVERTY THREATENED——OF GRANITE AND BRASS Chapter III WEE QUESTIONOF 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 TODAY Chapter VII THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL——BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF Chapter VIII INTIMATIONS BY WINTER——AN AMBASSADOR SUMMONED Chapter IX CONVENTION'S OWN TINDERBOX——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'S 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 GATEW——HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYE Chapter XVIII JUST OVER THE BORDER——A HAIL AND FAREWELL Chapter ~IX AN HOUR IN ELFLAND——A CLAMOR 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 XXW 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 ADREAM Chapter XXXI A PET OF GOOD FORTUNE——BROADWAY FLAUNTS ITS JOYS Chapter XXXII THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR——A SEER TO TRANSLATE Chapter XXXIU 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 GRIM RETROGRESSION——THE PHANTOM OF CHANCE Chapter XXXVII THE SPIRIT AWAKENS——NEW SEARCH FOR THE GATE Chapter XXXVIII IN ELF LAND DISPORTING——THE GRIM WORLD WITHOUT Chapter XXXIX OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS——THE PARTING OF WORLDS Chapter XL A PUBLIC DISSENSION——A FINAL APPEAL Chapter XLI THE STRIKE Chapter XLII A TOUCH OF SPRING——THE EMPTY SHELL Chapter XLIII THE WORLD TURNS FLATTERER——AN EYE IN THE DARK Chapter XLIV AND THIS IS NOT ELF LAND——WHAT GOLD WILL NOT BUY Chapter XLV CURIOUS SHIFTS OF THE POOR Chapter XLVI STIRRING TROUBLED WATERS Chapter XLVII THE WAY OF THE BEATEN——A HARP IN THE WIND