When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a...
Minnie's flat, as the one-floor resident apartments were then being called, was in a part of West Van Buren Street inhabited by families of labour...
Once across the river and into the wholesale district, she glanced about her for some likely door at which to apply. As she contemplated the wide wind...
For the next two days Carrie indulged in the most high-flown speculations. Her fancy plunged recklessly into privileges and amusements which would hav...
Drouet did not call that evening. After receiving the letter, he had laid aside all thought of Carrie for the time being and was floating around havin...
At the flat that evening Carrie felt a new phase of its atmosphere. The fact that it was unchanged, while her feelings were different, increased her k...
THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL--BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended. When each individ...
Among the forces which sweep and play throughout the universe, untutored man is but a wisp in the wind. Our civilisation is still in a middle stage, s...
Hurstwood's residence on the North Side, near Lincoln Park, was a brick building of a very popular type then, a three-story affair with the first ...
In the light of the world's attitude toward woman and her duties, the nature of Carrie's mental state deserves consideration. Actions such as ...