witnessed in 1893. Dreiser's short story "Old Rogaum and His Theresa" was originally published in 1901.

His second novel Jennie Gerhardt was published in 1911. Dreiser's portrayals of young women as protagonists dramatized the social changes of urbanization, as young people moved from rural villages to cities.

Dreiser's first commercial success was An American Tragedy, published in 1925. From

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