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西奥多·德莱塞(1871—1945)是20世纪前半期美国著名的作家之一,美国现代小说的先驱。美国现实主义文学经过他的开拓,发展到了一个新的历史阶段。德莱塞出生于印第安纳州特雷法镇一个破产小业主的家庭,由于家庭贫困、生活拮据,德莱塞并没有完成中学学业。1889年在一位女教师的资助下进入印第安纳大学念书,但仅仅读了一年便辍学到芝加哥打工,进而体验到了美国鲜亮外表下人民大众的生活,
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was one of the most famous American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, a pioneer of modern American novels. After his pioneering, American realist literature developed to a new historical stage. Dreiser was born in a bankrupt small homeowner in Treff Township, Indiana. Dreiser did not complete his secondary education due to family poverty and poor living conditions. In 1889, with the support of a female teacher, she went to Indiana University to study. However, she dropped out of school in just one year and went to work in Chicago to experience the livelihood of the general public under the vivid appearance of the United States.