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Title: Carried Away
Review: This novel is a highly entertaining, soap-operatic critique of all that was wrong with the Industrial Revolution. Climb onboard for an emotional trainwreck through the bowels of the urban frontier. Imagine Henry James as a Marxist with a keen eye for fashion, high on caffeine and getting paid by the word, and you'll get a fairly accurate impression of this book. Though Carrie is naive, materialistic, and misguided, she is also compassionate, determined, and ultimately likeable. By making us care about his anchorless shopaholic waif, Dreiser sets us up for a delightfully bumpy ride. The slightly sagging middle chapters are small penance for the many bracing rewards.
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