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Dreiser

American  
[drahy-ser, -zer] / ˈdraɪ sər, -zər /

noun

  1. Theodore, 1871–1945, U.S. novelist.


Dreiser British  
/ -zə, ˈdraɪsə /

noun

  1. Theodore ( Herman Albert ). 1871–1945, US novelist; his works include Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Theodore Dreiser, who started as an investigative journalist, carried the reportorial style into the novel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Theodore Dreiser raised the question “Americanitis—Can It Be Cured?” in The Delineator, a women’s fashion magazine he edited.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

Mark Twain, William Dean Howells and Theodore Dreiser, born in Missouri, Ohio and Indiana, respectively, were products of that culture, as was Willa Cather, who came of age in Nebraska.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022

His directness, along with his sense of characters’ subjectivity, felt new in the era following Henry James and Theodore Dreiser.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2021

He tried to warn Dreiser: “If you marry now—and a conventional and narrow woman at that, one older than you, you’re gone.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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