Classic Literature English-Chinese Contrast (Sister Carrie)

Author: Liu Wenjun, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Carrie is a simple, naive, and hardworking young girl who comes to the bustling city of Chicago full of hope and a desire for the big city to make a living. However, what awaits her is poverty and unemployment. In desperation, she lives with a salesman, Drouet, and later becomes the mistress of hotel manager Hurstwood. In New York, she becomes an actress by chance and achieves great success, rising to prominence. However, a luxurious material life does not bring her true happiness; she still feels empty and lonely. Meanwhile, Hurstwood, who once stole and swindled to run away with Carrie, eventually becomes a beggar and ends his life by suicide.