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Sister Carrie: A Novel

Name: Sister Carrie: A Novel
Author: Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

Read by J. M. Smallheer, zinniz, Sheila Morton, spiderman0521, Andrea, Bob Sage and Roger Melin · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01 - The Magnet Attracting: A Waif Amid Forces (17:39)
02 - What Poverty Threatened: Of Granite and Brass (12:20)
03 - We Question of Fortune: Four-Fifty a Week (20:59)
04 - The Spendings of Fancy: Facts Answer with Sneers (24:26)
05 - A Glittering Night Flower: The Use of a Name (16:01)
06 - The Machine and the Maiden: A Knight of Today (25:45)
07 - The Lure of the Material: Beauty Speeks for Itself (24:14)
08 - Intimations By Winter: An Ambassador Summoned (16:26)
09 - Convention's Own Tinder-Box: The Eye That Is Green (14:58)
10 - The Counsel of Winter: Fortune's Ambassador Calls (17:04)
11 - The Persuasion of Fashion: Feeling Guards o'er its Own (19:45)
12 - Of The Lamps Of The Mansions: The Ambassador's Plea (17:42)
13 - His Credential Accepted: A Babel of Tongues (17:56)
14 - With Eyes And Not Seeing: One Influence Wanes (13:04)
15 - The Irk Of The Old Ties: The Magic Of Youth (35:16)
16 - A Witless Alladin: The Gate To The World (18:46)
17 - A Glimpse Through The Gateway: Hope Lightens The Eye (18:50)
18 - Just Over The Border: A Hail And Farewell (12:38)
19 - An Hour in Elfland: A Clamour Half Heard (27:28)
20 - The Lure of The Spirit: The Flesh In Pursuit (16:32)
21 - The Lure of the Spirit: The Flesh In Pursuit (9:48)
22 - The Blaze Of The Tinder: Flesh Wars With The Flesh (24:50)
23 - A Spirit In Travail: One Rung Put Behind (23:13)
24 - Ashes of Tinder: A Face at the Window (9:35)
25 - Ashes Of Tinder: The Loosing Of Stays (9:33)
26 - The Ambassador Fallen: A Search for the Gate (22:49)
27 - When Waters Engulf us we Reach for a Star (21:27)
28 - A Pilgram, an Outlaw: The Spirit Detained (23:34)
29 - The Solace Of Travel: The Boats Of The Sea (28:43)
30 - The Kingdom Of Greatness: The Pilgrim Adream (19:02)
31 - A Pet of Good Fortune: Broadway Flaunts Its Joys (24:14)
32 - The Feast of Belshazzar: A Seer To Translate (34:55)
33 - Without the Walled City: The Slope of the Years (21:17)
34 - The Grind of the Millstones: A Sample of Chaff (21:03)
35 - The Passing of Effort: The Visage of Care (25:20)
36 - A Grim Retrogression: The Phantom of Chance (24:03)
37 - The Spirit Awakens: New Search For The Gate (20:59)
38 - In Elf Land Disporting: The Grim World Without (25:43)
39 - Of Lights And Of Shadows: The Parting Of Worlds (28:36)
40 - A Public Dissension: A Final Appeal (22:02)
41 - The Strike (41:41)
42 - A Touch Of Spring: The Empty Shell (26:45)
43 - The World Turns Flatterer: An Eye In The Dark (23:38)
44 - And This Is Not Elf Land: What Gold Will Not Buy (26:59)
45 - Curious Shifts Of The Poor (43:50)
46 - Stirring Troubled Waters (27:38)
47 - The Way Of The Beaten: A Harp In The Wind (48:35)

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