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A poor young woman from a struggling household takes service work to help her family and becomes entangled with men from higher social circles, which leads to an outcasted pregnancy and long-term consequences. The narrative follows her efforts to navigate family obligations, limited opportunities, and public censure while making painful personal choices; episodes alternate between domestic scenes and moments of public exposure. Themes include class disparity, gendered vulnerability, moral ambiguity, and the pressure of social judgment, with an emphasis on how economic necessity and social structures constrain individual desire and determine life outcomes.

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Title: Jennie Gerhardt: A Novel

Author: Theodore Dreiser

Release date: May 29, 2009 [eBook #28988]
Most recently updated: January 10, 2020

Language: English

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