Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories
Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories is a collection of short stories by Theodore Dreiser, first published in 1927.
Content
The fifteen short stories in the collection are:
- Sanctuary
- The Hand
- Chains
- St. Columba and the River
- Convention
- Khat
- Typhoon
- The Old Neighbourhood
- Phantom Gold
- Marriage-For One
- Fulfilment
- Victory
- The Shadow
- The "Mercy" of God
- A Prince Who Was a Thief
Literary significance and criticism
Chains was Dreiser's second collection of short stories.[1] It sold 12,000 copies in the first year, which has been deemed to have been a moderate success.[1]
Carl Van Doren described the stories as 'powerful'.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Monty Kozbial Ernst, 'Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories.', in A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia, Keith Newlin (ed.), Greenwood Press, 2003, pp.56-58 [1]
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Free and Other Stories · Twelve Men · Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories · A Gallery of Women
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Plays of the Natural and Supernatural · The Hand of the Potter
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A Traveller at Forty · A Hoosier Holiday · A Book About Myself (Newspaper Days) · Dawn · An Amateur Laborer
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