Cari Mameya - Translation, Classics Library 022

Author: Dreiser
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: When Carol Mingbe stepped onto the afternoon train bound for Chicago, her entire luggage consisted of a small suitcase checked with the baggage car, a crocodile leather handbag containing some toiletries, a small box of snacks, and a spring-loaded yellow leather wallet. Inside were her train ticket, a note with her sister's address on Van Buren Street, and four dollars in cash. It was August in 1889. She was eighteen years old, clever, shy, and full of the various fantasies of an ignorant young woman. Regardless of what parting sentiments she harbored in her heart, of course, not to abandon the many advantages of her hometown. Her mother kissed her goodbye, and she was overcome with tears. The train rumbled past the flour mill where her father worked during the day, making her throat tighten with emotion. The familiar green fields of the village disappeared from her sight, and she sighed sadly. And those gentle threads that gently bound her to her youth and her hometown were irrevocably torn apart. In truth, she did not realize this at the time...