The "Genius": A Painter Between Work and Appetite
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, William Merritt Chase and Gustave Caillebotte. A painter of real talent marries, prospers in advertising, and destroys both his art and his marriage over a girl of eighteen. Dreiser's most autobiographical novel; it was suppressed for obscenity in 1916 and defended in a petition signed by five hundred writers. This edition includes all three books and a gallery of 58 plates of painting from 1854–1913, among them works by William Merritt Chase, Everett Shinn and Camille Pissarro.
Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, William Merritt Chase and Gustave Caillebotte. A painter of real talent marries, prospers in advertising, and destroys both his art and his marriage over a girl of eighteen. Dreiser's most autobiographical novel; it was s...
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Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American novelist born in Terre Haute, Indiana, into poverty. A newspaperman before he was a novelist, he was attacked for indecency throughout his career and became one of the central figures of American naturalism. His works include Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, The Genius, and An American Tragedy.
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American novelist born in Terre Haute, Indiana, into poverty. A newspaperman before he was a novelist, he was attacked for indecency throughout his career and became one of the central figures of American naturalism. His works include Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerh...
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