Project Gutenberg 2023-12-05 Public domain in the USA. 192 Dreiser, Theodore 1871 1945 Chains : $b lesser novels and stories $aNew York :$bBoni & Liveright, $c1927. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chains:_Lesser_Novels_and_Stories Sanctuary -- The hand -- Chains -- St. Columba and the river -- Convention -- Khat -- Typhoon -- The old neighborhood -- Phantom gold -- Marriage for one -- Fulfilment -- The victor -- The shadow -- The "mercy" of God -- The prince who was a thief. Bob Taylor, Aaron Adrignola and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories" by Theodore Dreiser is a collection of narratives exploring themes of poverty, despair, and the human condition, likely written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the struggles of individuals trapped in dire circumstances, highlighting the difficulties faced by characters like Madeleine Kinsella, who navigates a harsh urban environment while grappling with her family's dysfunction and her own yearning for a better life. The opening of the book introduces Madeleine's grim existence in a rundown tenement, where the atmosphere is permeated by violence, drunkenness, and pervasive poverty. We learn about her oppressive family dynamics, marked by her father's alcoholism and her mother's neglect, which force her into a role of caretaker at an early age. As she grows, Madeleine's hope for a better life and love becomes evident; however, her encounters with the world are fraught with difficulties, leading her to questionable choices in search of escape. The narrative sets the stage for an exploration of her internal and external struggles as she faces the grim realities of her environment and the impacts of her circumstances on her future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/chains0000theo/ 20230603185341dreiser 1927 us Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories, American American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Novels Category: American Literature 904759 2025-06-28T13:08:04.667536 text/html 879585 2023-12-05T17:34:49 text/html 757469 2025-06-28T13:08:14.061970 application/epub+zip 757233 2025-06-28T13:08:06.409510 application/epub+zip 449222 2025-06-28T13:08:05.471547 application/epub+zip 1546848 2025-06-28T13:08:20.110945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1497123 2025-06-28T13:08:13.191561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 854792 2025-06-28T13:08:03.570537 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 834928 2023-12-05T17:34:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16632 2025-06-28T13:08:20.246960 application/rdf+xml 9206 2025-06-28T13:08:05.683521 image/jpeg 1243 2025-06-28T13:08:05.578530 image/jpeg 921383 2025-06-28T13:08:04.748571 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