Project Gutenberg 2009-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 610 Dreiser, Theodore 1871 1945 Jennie Gerhardt: A Novel Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Gerhardt Produced by James Adcock. Special thanks to The Internet Archive: American Libraries, and Project Gutenberg Australia "Jennie Gerhardt: A Novel" by Theodore Dreiser is a fictional narrative written in the early 20th century. The book follows the struggles of the titular character, Jennie Gerhardt, a young woman from a poor family, as she navigates a society marked by class disparity and personal sacrifice. The opening reveals Jennie's humble beginnings, highlighting her family’s desperate financial situation and her mother’s attempts to secure work for both of them." The opening of the novel introduces us to the Gerhardt family, focusing on Jennie and her mother, who seek employment at a hotel due to their dire financial straits triggered by the illness of the family’s patriarch, William Gerhardt. Their visit to the hotel is marked by a sense of helplessness and timidity, contrasted with the elegance of the place and its patrons. The narrative reflects on their struggles with poverty, the emotional weight of their circumstances, and the stark societal differences they face. As they adapt to their new roles at the hotel, Jennie begins to hope for a better life, which sets the stage for her complex interactions with other characters, particularly the influential Senator Brander, who enters their lives and alters their fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Love stories Unmarried mothers -- Fiction Women household employees -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 812287 2025-08-12T05:12:28.742773 text/html 847159 2020-01-10T18:45:18 text/html 657341 2025-08-12T05:12:37.581696 application/epub+zip 660499 2025-08-12T05:12:29.626764 application/epub+zip 437113 2025-08-12T05:12:29.178770 application/epub+zip 833406 2025-08-12T05:12:43.740697 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 782443 2025-08-12T05:12:37.194748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 560828 2022-09-13T12:30:40.975654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 756871 2025-08-12T05:12:27.978749 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 774040 2020-06-20T20:36:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 756729 2021-01-05T03:50:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20652 2025-08-12T05:12:43.874685 application/rdf+xml 17109 2025-08-12T05:12:29.280795 image/jpeg 2778 2025-08-12T05:12:29.229781 image/jpeg 284367 2021-01-05T03:50:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 864439 2021-01-05T03:50:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 282467 2021-01-05T03:50:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 862683 2025-08-12T05:12:28.811789 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia