Jennie Gerhardt
Theodore Dreiser
Audio CD
(Babblebooks, Jan. 31, 2008)
The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 12.8 hours (slow), 11.7 hours (medium), 10.7 hours (fast). Filled with details from his own life and those of his sisters, Dreiser's follow-up to Sister Carrie is full of a rugged sincerity, a fearless devotion to the truth, and undisguised pity for the impotence of human nature. Dreiser's second novel and his own personal favorite features an impoverished heroine who, in simply trying to make her way in the world, inadvertently defies a host of social conventions.