| 1899/00/00 |
Theodore Dreiser |
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At his summer home, Theodore Dreiser works on his novel, "Sister Carrie". |
House Of Four Pillars |
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| 1900/05/00 |
Theodore Dreiser |
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Dreiser takes his typescript of "Sister Carrie" to the 'Doubleday, Page and Co' offices at 34 Union Square and personally delivers it to Frank Doubleday. Doubleday gives Dreiser a condescension, examining smirk. |
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| 1900/06/09 |
Walter Hines Page |
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"As, we hope, Mr Norris has informed you, we are very much pleased with your novel." Walter Page, letter to Theodore Dreiser |
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| 1900/07/00 |
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After reading "Sister Carrie", Frank Doubleday's wife, Neltje Blanchan, declares it too sordid for publishing. Doubleday, Page and Co ask Dreiser to withdraw the book from publishing. |
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| 1900/09/00 |
Theodore Dreiser |
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With notebook and pencil Dreiser makes a trip to the Palisades. After pondering the resolution of "Sister Carrie" for two hours on a overhanging shelf, he leaves the Palisades with "Sister Carrie" completed. |
Palisades Interstate Park |
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| 1900/09/00 |
Theodore Dreiser |
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With notebook and pencil Dreiser makes a trip to the Palisades. After pondering the resolution of "Sister Carrie" for two hours on a overhanging shelf, he leaves the Palisades with "Sister Carrie" completed. |
Palisades Interstate Park |
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| 1900/09/00 |
Theodore Dreiser |
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With notebook and pencil Dreiser makes a trip to the Palisades. After pondering the resolution of "Sister Carrie" for two hours on a overhanging shelf, he leaves the Palisades with "Sister Carrie" completed. |
Palisades Interstate Park |
Palisades |
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| 1900/09/04 |
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Doubleday, Page and Co send Dreiser a cold letter, addressed 'Dear Sr', asking him to change all real people and place names. They make it clear they plan to do as little as possible in fulfilling their contract. |
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| 1900/11/08 |
Theodore Dreiser |
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Doubleday, Page and Co publishes 1,008 copies of Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie". The book will not be advertised (unlike competitors, they were not advertising any of their current offerings) and only sells 456 copies at $1.50 each. |
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| 1900/11/08 |
Doubleday, Page and Co |
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Doubleday, Page and Co publishes 1,008 copies of Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie". The book will not be advertised (unlike competitors, they were not advertising any of their current offerings) and only sells 456 copies at $1.50 each. |
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| 1900/11/15 |
Frank Norris |
Doubleday reader |
Frank Norris sends out 127 (or less) review copies of "Sister Carrie" to literary reviewers. |
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| 1902/03/00 |
Theodore Dreiser |
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Dreiser's first and last royalty check from Doubleday for "Sister Carrie", covering a sales period from November 1900 to February 1902, totals $68.40. |
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| 1930/00/00 |
Sinclair Lewis |
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Dreiser's great first novel, Sister Carrie, ... which I read 25 years ago, came to housebound and airless America like a great free Western wind, and to our stuffy domesticity gave us the first fresh air since Mark Twain and Whitman. - SL, Nobel Lecture |
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