《嘉莉妹妹》是德莱塞的第一部长篇小说,于1900年问世。小说的女主人公嘉莉妹妹是个来自小镇的18岁女孩,她天生丽质却无一技之长,她对未来充满着美好的憧憬,只身来到芝加哥追求富裕幸福的生活。然而,严酷的现实打碎了她的美梦,迎接她的是疾病和失业。在走投无路时,她做了推销员德鲁埃的情妇,后来由于更大的欲望又做了酒店经理 Sister Carrie is Dreiser’s first novel, which came out in 1900. The novel’s heroine, Sister Carrie, is an 18-year-old girl from the town. Her natural beauty is inexperienced. She is full of bright visions of the future and goes to Chicago to pursue a happy and rich life. However, the harsh reality shattered her dreams, greet her with illness and unemployment. In despair, she did the saleswoman Drouet’s mistress, and later because of greater desire to do the hotel manager