Particularly if it be evening - that mystic period between the glare and gloom of the world when life is changing from one sphere or condition to another. To the child, the genius with imagination, or the wholly untravelled, the approach to a great city for the first time is a wonderful thing. The only problem is that his approach is shambling and his destinations are often unenlightening. attempting to impart his own wisdom as everlasting truths for future students. Apparently bidding for the title of “Great American novel,” Dreiser writes at large about the Big Questions - life, death, love, etc. There’s also the question of Dreiser’s style, which frequently departs from realism to philosophical musing.
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