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Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser ( August 27, 1871 - December 28, 1945) 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.Dreiser's best known novels include Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925). In 1930 he was nominated to the Nobel Prize in Literature.Dreiser was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Sarah Maria (nee Schanab) and John Paul Dreiser.John...

This memoir presents the reminiscences of Blanche Arral, the Belgian singer whose love for adventure led her to travel the world concertizing rather than singing in the major opera houses a choice that caused her to be soon forgotten. In her stories, recorded by translator Ira Glackens, she reveals