' It was in August, 1889. She was eighteen years of age, bright, timid, and full of the illusions of ignorance and youth.'

A magnificent portrayal of 1890's America and the harsh realities of a dog-eat-dog world, Sister Carrie lies at the forefront of American Naturalism. When poor young provincial woman Carrie Meeber arrives in Chicago, she little expects to be catapulted from lower-class woman to prominent Broadway actress. Passive and yielding, she lets circumstances coerce her into action and by good fortune she arrives at fame.

Frank, evocative and compelling, Sister Carrie gives us a version of the American dream with a gritty and unattractive reality.