This would be a bummer to any author-they work hard on their books, after all-but Dreiser fared a bit worse, and the novel's lack of publicity contributed to his nervous breakdown. Doubleday wasn't thrilled about putting the book out, though, so they didn't do much at all to promote it, which resulted in it barely making a splash when it was first released.
Can you imagine how not cool Dreiser thought this was? We're guessing the powers that be at Doubleday, Page, and Company weren't too familiar with the idea that sex sells.Ĭlearly Dreiser won the battle though, and Sister Carrie was published in 1900. the author) that they'd accepted his manuscript, the folks at Doubleday, Page, and Company had a change of heart and tried to back out of the deal, declaring the novel immoral. It went down like this: After telling Theodore Dreiser (a.k.a. Sister Carriewas involved in a scandal before it even went to press.
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