{"product_id":"a-gallery-of-women","title":"A Gallery of Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Theodore Dreiser\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Fawcett t177\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1962 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.75\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/pages\/paperback-book-grading\" title=\"Book Grades\"\u003eBook Grades. \u003c\/a\u003e Very Good. Light wear\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Fiction\/Short Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 464\u003cbr\u003e80126065E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qJYHHd mp0vvc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tonYlb Uphzyf\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aim-chrome-initial-inline-async-container\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"CKgc1d\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ilZyRc R7mRQb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"UYpEO\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!--TgQPHd|GPLPHc_1\/TBFcKe;GPLPHc_1\/CiuJBb;GPLPHc_1\/ypKQA;GPLPHc_1\/rssjMe||[[\u0026quot;A Gallery of Women dreiser book summary and genre\u0026quot;,null,null,null,\u0026quot;9:00 PM\u0026quot;,null,null,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,null,null,null,null,null,\u0026quot;You said: A Gallery of Women dreiser book summary and genre\u0026quot;]]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Zkbeff\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pWvJNd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mZJni Dn7Fzd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe book consists of \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e15 distinct biographical portraits\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e of different women whom Dreiser encountered throughout his life\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Rather than a single continuous storyline, it functions as a collection of character studies profiling women across various social classes, ages, and backgrounds\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Key highlights include:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eDiverse Personas:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The portraits feature a wide variety of personalities, including artists, actresses, writers, communists, and adventuresses\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eCentral Themes:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Each story focuses on the woman's struggle for economic and sexual self-assertion, her search for identity, and her encounter with societal expectations\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eThe \"New Woman\":\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Dreiser highlights the friction between traditional family constraints and the changing roles of independent women in early 20th-century urban America\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eCharacter Examples:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Volume One includes profiles like \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eReina\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eOlive Brand\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eEllen Adams Wrynn\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eErnita\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Volume Two includes \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eRegina C-\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eRella\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eErnestine\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (a Greenwich Village actress who becomes a movie star), and others\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003ePsychological Realism:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Dreiser steps back as a nonjudgmental narrator, exploring how human desires, passion, jealousy, and despair shape these women as they clash with a rigid world\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHdQH2O0e_0\/opG4zf|QH2O0e_a\/JnZUmf;QH2O0e_a\/BIayDf;QH2O0e_a\/EzCsIe|[{\u0026quot;s\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;i\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;QH2O0e_0\/opG4zf\u0026quot;}]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/WyzG9e--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/WyzG9e--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/lC1IR--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/lC1IR--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/Y6wv1e--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/Y6wv1e--\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/EZFthd--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/nkGDxf--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/nkGDxf--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vintagebookseller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52509314416871,"sku":"80126065E","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/0537\/files\/img942_816f4422-86f0-420d-9877-f28add7b60f5.jpg?v=1787371359","url":"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/products\/a-gallery-of-women","provider":"Vintage Bookseller ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}