An Amateur Laborer
First edition
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| Author | Theodore Dreiser |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | autobiography |
| Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
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1983 |
An Amateur Laborer is an autobiographical book by Theodore Dreiser.
Overview
Although started in 1904, it was only published posthumously in 1983.[1]
The book is an autobiographical account of a three-year struggle with neurasthenia[1] in the aftermath of Sister Carrie 's financial failure.[2] After being constantly turned out for publications while living in Brooklyn, Dreiser finds a job as a manual worker on a railroad.[2] Eventually, his brother Paul Dresser sends him to a health resort, leading to his replenished morale.[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keith Newlin, A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2003, p. 8 [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 E.L. Doctorow, 'The Novelist Who Was Born', The New York Times, December 4, 1983 [2]
