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Theodore Dreiser was a prominent American novelist known for his profound social realism. His works often focused on the lives and moral dilemmas of the American middle class, with notable novels including 'The Financier' and 'An American Tragedy'. Dreiser's writing style had a significant impact on 20th-century American literature.

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Famous Theodore Dreiser Quotes

“If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstances. All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in the past and can do so again. I cite the great civilizations of China and India.”

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Author:Theodore Dreiser

“When a man, however passively, becomes an obstacle to the fulfillment of a woman's desires, he becomes an odious thing in her eyes, - or will, given time enough.”

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Book:Sister Carrie

Source: Sister Carrie

“The strong man wants to be allowed to DO; the little man wants to stop him.”

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Author:Theodore Dreiser

“If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circustance.”

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Book:The Genius

Source: The Genius

“Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave.”

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Book:Theodore Dreiser; His Autobiography

Source: Theodore Dreiser; His Autobiography

“Life is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards.”

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Book:Newspaper Days

Source: Newspaper Days

About the Author

Born: August 27, 1871
Died: December 28, 1945
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 57

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Sister CarrieRelated source material

The FinancierRelated source material

Theodore Dreiser: a selection of uncollected proseRelated source material

Hey Rub-a-dub-dub: A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of LifeRelated source material

The GeniusRelated source material

A Traveler at FortyRelated source material

Delphi Complete Works of Theodore Dreiser (Illustrated)Related source material

Newspaper DaysRelated source material

Notes on lifeRelated source material

Sister Carrie: Top American NovelsRelated source material

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