美国现代小说的先驱和代表作家西奥多·德莱塞被认为是同福克纳、海明威二人并列的美国现代小说的三大巨头。西奥多·德莱塞出生于印第安纳州特雷霍特镇,他们是德国移民,并且生活贫苦不堪。西奥多·德莱塞在当地的一所公立学校接受了早期的学校教育,之后考入印第安纳大学学习深造。西奥多·德莱塞的大部分时间都在从事新闻这份工作。由于这份工作,西奥多·德莱塞走遍了匹兹堡、纽约、芝加哥等各大城市,并且深入地观察了解了当时社会的实况, Theodore Dreiser, a pioneer and representative writer of modern American novels, is considered as the three giants in American modern novels tied to Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway. Theodore Dreiser was born in the town of Trehote, Indiana, they are German immigrants, and living in poverty. Theodore Dreiser received early school education at a local public school and later at Indiana University. Theodore Dreiser most of the time engaged in the news of the job. Due to this work, Theodore Dreiser traveled to major cities such as Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago and conducted an in-depth observation of the social reality at that time,