Theodore DreiserTheodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American novelist and journalist associated with literary naturalism. Born in Indiana to a large and financially unstable family, Dreiser drew deeply on personal experience in portraying characters constrained by scial and economic forces. His major works include Sister Carrie (1900), Jennie Gerhardt (1911), and The Financier (1912). With An American Tragedy, he achieved his most sustained and influential expression of the American naturalist tradition, examining the intersection of ambition, environment, and moral responsibility in a rapidly industrializing nation. Read More Read Less