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One of the most famous works in the history of American literature, the debut novel of the great American naturalist writer Dreiser, is a companion piece to "Jeanne". The book tells the story of how Carrie, a rural girl, rose from the bottom of society to become a famous Broadway dancer. It details Carrie's life landscape and mental journey. The artistic image of Sister Carrie is different from the characters in previous American novels. She is a product of the development of American monopoly capitalism at the turn of the century. She represents the pursuit of the "American Dream" by the young American generation. She is the first pursuer of the "American Dream" in American literature.

Carrie, an 18-year-old country girl, took a train to Chicago to find a better life. She met salesman Duluwe on the train. After arriving in Chicago, she couldn't bear the hard life in the factory, so she lived with Duluwe and met the hotel manager Hurst Wood through him. Hurstwood became obsessed with her and the two became lovers. Hurstwood's affair with a woman outside aroused his wife's suspicion, and his wife wanted to retaliate against him by divorcing him. In order to get Carrie completely, Hurstwood stole 10,000 yuan in cash from the hotel cabinet and eloped with Carrie. After settling in New York, Hurstwood was unable to be as successful as before, and his situation became worse and worse. He fell into unemployment and eventually became a beggar and committed suicide; while Carrie left him after getting an acting job in the theater and became a popular actor, but she was not happy.

"Jenny" tells the story of Jenny, the eldest daughter of the German poor Gerhardt, who works as a domestic servant and falls in love with Senator Blanche. Soon, Bronte died of illness unexpectedly, leaving behind a posthumous daughter. Afterwards, Rest, a rich man, fell in love with Jenny and lived with her, but he could not make up his mind about marriage. Later, he was troubled by the obstruction and opposition from his brothers and sisters. He broke up with Jenny under the pressure of his family, returned to the upper class, and finally married Lottie Bess. The two were in love but their work separated, and Jenny spent her middle age alone. After Rest confided his true feelings to her before his death, he died painfully in her arms. Through Jenny's experience, the novel reveals the miserable life of working people under the capitalist system. At the same time, it praises the excellent qualities of hard work, integrity and self-sacrifice of working people, and lashes out at the various evil realities in a society where material desires prevail and money is omnipotent. Since its publication, this work has been translated into many languages ​​and has had a profound impact on contemporary readers.

A sad and sad love story, a song of compassion for heaven and earth. Jenny, the eldest daughter of a poor German-American, works as a domestic servant and falls in love with Senator Blanche. Soon, Bronte died of illness unexpectedly, leaving behind a posthumous daughter. Later, the rich man Rist fell in love with Jenny and lived with her, but he could not make up his mind about marriage. Later, he was troubled by the obstruction and opposition from his brothers and sisters. He broke up with Jenny under the pressure of his family, returned to the upper class, and finally married Lottie Bess. The two were in love but their work separated, and Jenny spent her middle age alone. After Reiss confided his heartfelt words to her before his death, he died painfully in her arms.

"Jeanne" is Dreiser's second novel. The story uses the unfortunate experience of Jenny Gerhardt, the daughter of a worker, as a clue, and truly describes the tragic life of ordinary people at the bottom of society represented by Jenny's family. It tears away the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie as typical images of Senator Brand and the playboy Lester, and creates an image of Jenny, a working woman who is hard-working, pure, straightforward and full of self-sacrifice. The famous American critic H. L. Mencken said: "Rereading "Jane Jane" made me like it even more. Except for "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", it is the best American novel I have ever read."