"In many cases where one is content to lead a secluded life it is not necessary to say much of one's past, but as a rule something must be said. People have the habit of inquiring— if they are no more than butchers and bakers. By degrees one must account for this and that fact, and it was so here. ."

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About Theodore Dreiser

American novelist and journalist associated with literary naturalism, best known for Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. His fiction examined social class, ambition, and moral conflict in industrial-era America.

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