Sister Carrie Stefano Ember Cantwell travels to Venice for

Cantwell travels to Venice for a weekend leave to hunt ducks and visit his young mistress

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This volume explores the artistic

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences

Sister Carrie Stefano Ember Cantwell travels to Venice forThis foundational landmark novel tracks the shifting fates, moral compromises, and relentless ambitions of an impressionable young woman navigating the amoral landscape of the modern American metropolis. Moving from rural Wisconsin to an indifferent Chicago with only a few dollars to her name, the protagonist quickly discards traditional Victorian notions of virtue to escape sweatshop poverty, becoming the mistress of a flashy traveling salesman and