嘉莉妹妹

《嘉莉妹妹(英文版)》是美国现实主义作家德莱塞的重要作品之一，是《珍妮姑娘》的姐妹篇。该作品以真切的现实主义为鲜明的特征，比较真实地揭露了20世纪初人们狂热追求美国梦的悲剧事实，揭示了人们在本能的驱使下追求享乐但理想最终幻灭的主题，说明了在以金钱为中心的美国资本主义社会里不可能有真正的幸福。

西奥多·德莱塞（1871—1945），美国现代小说的先驱、现实主义作家之一，他还是一个自然主义者，他的作品贴近广大人民的生活，诚实、大胆、充满了生活的激情。
德莱塞出生在印第安纳州一个破产的小业主家庭。童年是在苦难中度过的，中学没毕业就去芝加哥独自谋生。1889年，进入印第安纳大学学习，一年后再次辍学。1892年，开始了记者生涯。
他的代表作《嘉莉妹妹》真实再现了当时美国社会，而《美国悲剧》则是德莱赛成就优选的作品，使人们清晰地看到了美国社会的真实情况，“至今依然具有巨大的现实意义。”

Chapter 1 The Magnet Attracting：A Waif Amid Forces
Chapter 2 What Poverty Threatened：of Granite and Brass
Chapter 3 We Question of Fortune：Four—Fifty A Week
Chapter 4 The Spendings of Fancy：Facts Answer with Sneers
Chapter 5 A Glittering Night Flower：The Use of A Name
Chapter 6 The Machine and the Maiden：A Knight of To—Day
Chapter 7 The Lure of the Material：Beauty Speaks for Itself
Chapter 8 Intimations by Winter：An Ambassador Summoned
Chapter 9 Convention's Own Tinder—Box：The Eye that is Green
Chapter 10 The Counsel of Winter：Fortune's Ambassador Calls
Chapter 11 The Persuasion of Fashion：Feeling Guards o'er its Own
Chapter 12 Of the Lamps of the Mansions：The Ambassador Plea
Chapter 13 His Credentials Accepted：A Babel of Tongues
Chapter 14 With Eyes and Not Seeing：One Influence Wanes
Chapter 15 The Irk of the Old Ties：The Magic of Youth
Chapter 16 A Witless Aladdin：the Gate to the World
Chapter 17 A Glimpse Through the Gateway：Hope Lightens the Eye
Chapter 18 Just over the Border：A Hail and Farewell
Chapter 19 An Hour In Elfland：A Clamor Half Heard
Chapter 20 The Lure of the Spirit：The Flesh in Pursuit
Chapter 21 The Lure of the Spirit：The Flesh in Pursuit
Chapter 22 The Blaze of the Tinder：Flesh Wars with the Flesh
Chapter 23 A Spirit in Travail：One Rung Put Behind
Chapter 24 Ashes of Tinder：A Face at the Window
Chapter 25 Ashes of Tinder：the Loosing of Stays
Chapter 26 He Ambassador Fallen：A Search for the Gate
Chapter 27 When Waters Engulf Us：We Reach for A Star
Chapter 28 A Pilgrim， An Outlaw：The Spirit Detained
Chapter 29 The Solace of Travel：The Boats of the Sea
Chapter 30 The Kingdom of Greatness：The Pilgrim Adream
Chapter 31 A Pet of Good Fortune：Broadway Flaunts its Joys
Chapter 32 The Feast of Belshazzar：A Seer to Translate
Chapter 33 Without the Walled City：The Slope of the Years
Chapter 34 The Grind ofthe Millstones：A Sample of Chaff
Chapter 35 The Passing of Effort：The Visage of Care
Chapter 36 A Grim Retrogression：The Phantom of Chance
Chapter 37 The SpiritAwakens：New Search for the Gate
Chapter 38 In Elf Land Disporting：The Grim World Without
Chapter 39 Of Lights and of Shadows：The Parting of Worlds
Chapter 40 A Public Dissension：A Final Appeal
Chapter 41 The Strike
Chapter 42 A Touch of Spring：The Empty Shell
Chapter 43 The World Turns Flatter：An Eye in the Dark
Chapter 44 And This Is Not Elfland：What Gold Will Not Buy
Chapter 45 Curious Shifts of the Poor
Chapter 46 Stirring Troubled Waters
Chapter 47 The Way of the Beaten：A Harp in the Wind