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Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser Episodes

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    15. Failure and Success

    15/15 Carrie is now a successful actress. Will she ever see the desperate Hurstwood again?

  2. 14. Decline

    14/15 Hurstwood takes a job defying a strike. Meanwhile, Carrie's theatre career blossoms.

  3. 13. Opportunity

    13/15 Facing ruin, Carrie tries her hand at theatre work in New York.

  4. 12. Passion Wanes

    12/15 Passion having waned, Hurstwood and Carrie now live together out of habit.

  5. 11. New York

    11/15 Hurstwood and Carrie set up house in New York. All is rosy for a while....

  6. 10. Escape

    10/15 Carrie plumps for Hurstwood - unaware he's stolen cash.

  7. 9. Temptation

    9/15 Hurstwood is tempted by an unlocked safe. Will Carrie agree to his plan?

  8. 8. Revelation

    8/15 Drouet angrily confronts Carrie, and reveals something devastating about Hurstwood.

  9. 7. An Offer

    7/15 Drouet鈥檚 suspicions about Carrie grow. Hurstwood begs her to run away with him. Will she?

  10. 6. The Stage

    6/15 Carrie's amateur dramatics leaves Hurstwood tortured by jealousy.

  11. 5. Deception

    5/15 When Carrie mentions marriage, will Hurstwood reveal he's already wed?

  12. 4. New Passion

    4/15 Hurstwood's passion for Carrie grows, whilst his wife needles him.

  13. 3. Regrets

    3/15 Carrie is seduced by her protector. But will she attract other suitors?

  14. 2. Desperate Times

    2/15 Carrie faces hardships. Willl she succumb to Drouet鈥檚 offer of help and lodgings?

  15. 1. To Chicago

    1/15 1899. 18 year old Caroline Meeber travels to Chicago seeking her fortune.