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嘉莉是个俊俏的农村姑娘，她羡慕大都市的物质

生活，便来到了芝加哥谋生。严酷的现实破碎了她的

美梦，迎接她的是失业和疾病。在走投无路时，她做

了推销员德鲁埃的情妇，后来由于更大的欲望又做了

酒店经理赫斯渥的情妇。与赫斯渥私奔后，在纽约由

于偶然的机会她成了走红一时的演员，挤上了上流社

会，实现了她的幻想。然而，所谓的“上流社会生活”

又给她带来了什么呢？她感到空虚，找不到生活的真

正意义，在寂寞和凄凉中，她坐在摇椅里梦想着那终

不可得的幸福。

[美]西奥多·德莱塞（heodoredreiser）

嘉莉妹妹

inhelighofheworld’saiudeowardwomanandher

duies，henaureofcarrie’smenalsaedeservesconsideraion

acionssuchashersaremeasuredbyanarbiraryscalesociey

possessesaconvenionalsandardwherebyijudgesallhings

allmenshouldbegood，allwomenviruouswherefore，vilin，

hashoufailed?

forallheliberalanalysisofspencerandourmodern

nauralisicphilosophers，wehavebuaninfanilepercepionof

moralshereismoreinhesubjechanmereconformiyoa

wofevoluioniisyedeeperhanconformiyohingsofearh

aloneiismoreinvolvedhanwe，asye，perceiveanswer，firs，

whyhehearhrills；expinwhereforesomepinivenoegoes

wanderingabouheworld，undying；makeclearherose’ssuble

alchemyevolvingisruddympinlighandraininheessence

ofhesefacsliehefirsprinciplesofmorals

“oh，”houghdroue，“howdeliciousismyconques”

“ah，”houghcarrie，wihmournfulmisgivings，“whaisii

havelos?”

beforehisworld—oldproposiionwesand，serious，

ineresed，confused；endeavouringoevolveherueheoryof

morals—herueanswerowhaisrigh

inheviewofacerainsraumofsociey，carriewas

comforablyesablished—inheeyesofhesarveling，beaen

byeverywindandgusysheeofrain，shewassafeinahalcyon

harbour

drouehadakenhreerooms，furnished，inogdenpce，

facingunionpark，onhewessidehawasalile，greencarpeed

breahingspo，hanwhich，oday，hereisnohingmore

beauifulinchicagoiaffordedavisapleasanoconempe

hebesroomlookedouuponhewnofhepark，nowsear

andbrown，wherealilekeysheleredoverhebarelimbs

ofherees，whichnowswayedinhewinrywind，rosehe

seepleofheunionparkcongregaionalchurch，andfaroffhe

owersofseveralohers

heroomswerecomforablyenoughfurnishedherewas

agoodbrusselscarpeonhefloor，richindullredandlemon

shades，andrepreseningrgejardinieresfilledwihgorgeous，

impossibleflowersherewasargepiergssmirrorbeween

hewowindowsarge，sof，green，plushcoveredcouch

occupiedonecorner，andseveralrockingchairswereseabou

somepicures，severalrugs，afewsmallpiecesofbricabrac，

andhealeofconensisold

inhebedroom，offhefronroom，wascarrie’srunk，bough

bydroue，andinhewardrobebuilinohewallquieanarray

ofclohing—morehanshehadeverpossessedbefore，andof

verybecomingdesignsherewasahirdroomforpossibleuse

asakichen，wheredrouehadcarrieesablishalileporable

gassoveforhepreparaionofsmalllunches，oysers，welsh

rarebis，andhelike，ofwhichhewasexceedinglyfond；and，

sly，abahhewholepcewascosey，inhaiwaslighed

bygasandheaedbyfurnaceregisers，possessingalsoasmall

grae，sewihanasbesosback，amehodofcheerfulwarming

whichwashenfirscominginousebyherindusryandnaural

loveoforder，whichnowdeveloped，hepcemainainedanair

pleasinginheexreme

here，hen，wascarrie，esablishedinapleasanfashion，

freeofceraindifficulieswhichmosominouslyconfronedher，

denwihmanynewoneswhichwereofamenalorder，and

alogehersournedabouinallofherearhlyreionshipsha

shemighwellhavebeenanewanddifferenindividualshe

lookedinohergssandsawapreiercarriehanshehadseen

before；shelookedinohermind，amirrorpreparedofherown

andheworld’sopinions，andsawaworsebeweenhesewo

imagesshewavered，hesiaingwhichobelieve

“my，buyou’realilebeauy，”drouewaswonoexcim

ohershewouldlookahimwihrge，pleasedeyes

“youknowi，don’you?”hewouldconinue

“oh，idon’know，”shewouldreply，feelingdelighinhe

fachaoneshouldhinkso，hesiaingobelieve，houghshe

reallydid，hashewasvainenoughohinksomuchofherself

herconscience，however，wasnoadroue，ineresedo

praiseheresheheardadifferenvoice，wihwhichsheargued，

pleaded，excusediwasnojusandsapiencounsellor，inis

sanalysisiwasonlyanaveragelileconscience，ahing

whichrepresenedheworld，herpasenvironmen，habi，

convenion，inaconfusedwaywihi，hevoiceofhepeople

wasrulyhevoiceofgod

“oh，houfailure!”saidhevoice

“why?”shequesioned

“lookahoseabou，”camehewhisperedanswer“look

ahosewhoaregoodhowwouldheyscornodowhayou

havedonelookahegoodgirls；howwillheydrawawayfrom

suchasyouwhenheyknowyouhavebeenweakyouhadno

riedbeforeyoufailed”

iwaswhencarriewasalone，lookingouacrosshepark，

hashewouldbeliseningohisiwouldcomeinfrequenly—

whensomehingelsedidnoinerfere，whenhepleasan

sidewasnoooapparen，whendrouewasnohereiwas

somewhaclearinueranceafirs，buneverwhollyconvincing

herewasalwaysananswer，alwayshedecemberdays