In many cases where one is content to lead a secluded life it is not necessary to say much of one's past, but as a rule something must be said. People have the habit of inquiringif they are no more than butchers and bakers. By degrees one must account for this and that fact, and it was so here. .
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About Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was a 19th-century American novelist and journalist. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation