Jennie Gerhardt
About this book
Dreiser's second novel and his own personal favorite features an impoverished heroine who, in simply trying to make her way in the world, inadvertently defies a host of social conventions.
Subjects
FictionUnmarried mothersUnmarried mothers in fictionWomen domestics in fictionWomen domesticsWomen household employees in fictionWomen household employeesLove storiesIndianaAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Man-woman relationships, fictionFiction, romance, generalNew York Times reviewedAmerican literature