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This is a story of an innocent, caring, beautiful young girl from and extremely poor family who throughout her life is drawn into affairs with two different men from a much higher social class. How members of her family, the family of one of the wealthy men, and society in general react to her situation is the basis of this story. A NOVEL BY THEODORE DREISER AUTHOR OF "SISTER CARRIE"
BONI and LIVERIGHT PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK
Copyright, 1911, by
Harper & Brothers
Copyright, 1911, by
Boni & Liveright, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
JENNIE GERHARDT
CHAPTER I
One morning, in the fall of 1880, a middle aged woman, accompanied
by a young girl of eighteen, presented herself at the clerk's desk of
the principal hotel in Columbus, Ohio, and made inquiry as to whether
there was anything about the place that she could do. She was of a
helpless, fleshy build, with a frank, open countenance and an
innocent, diffident manner. Her eyes were large and patient, and in
them dwelt such a shadow of distress as only those who have looked
sympathetically into the countenances of the distraught and helpless
poor know anything about. Any one could see where the daughter behind
her got the timidity and shamefacedness which now caused her to stand
back and look indifferently away. She was a product of the fancy, the
feeling, the innate affection of the untutored but poetic mind of her
mother combined with the gravity and poise which were characteristic
of her father... Continue reading book >>
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