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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Some
An unmarried woman has a child and lives with a man outside of marriage; treated sensitively but central
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of social judgment, class inequality, and the cruelty of respectability; the novel is sympathetic to Jennie throughout
What this book is about
Dreiser's 1911 naturalist novel follows Jennie Gerhardt, a gentle and generous young woman from a German immigrant family who becomes the mistress of Senator Brander and later wealthy Lester Kane. A tragedy of class, convention, and compassion punished. For older teens and adults.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Unwed motherhood
Illicit relationships
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