Cary Mallory (Translated from the Famous Works Library) 022

Author: (American) Dreiser, translated by Qiu Zhuchang
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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 already checked in, a crocodile leather handbag holding some toiletries, a small box of snacks, and a yellow spring-loaded purse containing 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 sorrow she felt in her heart, it was certainly not to abandon the many advantages of her hometown. Her mother kissed her goodbye, and she burst into tears. The train rumbled past the flour mill where her father worked during the day, making her throat choke slightly. The familiar green fields of the village disappeared before her eyes, and she sighed sadly. Those gentle threads that gently tied her to her youth and hometown were now irrevocably torn apart. In truth, she did not realize this at the time...