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This book establishes the restored version of Jennie Gerhardt as a far better piece of literature than the 1911 edition. It is also the first extensive study of

Frank Cowperwood, still married to his estranged wife Aileen, lives with his mistress Berenice. He decides to move to London, England, where he intends to take

The Chicago Renaissance began in the early 1900s and lasted until approximately 1930. The leading writers of the period, including Theodore Dreiser ("Sister Car