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Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories

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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
1927

Author
  
Theodore Dreiser

Publisher
  
Horace Liveright

Language
  
English

Originally published
  
1927

Genre
  
Short story

Similar
  
Hey Rub‑a‑Dub‑Dub, Free and other stories, Twelve men, A traveler at forty, The Bulwark

Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories is a collection of short stories by Theodore Dreiser, first published in 1927.

Contents

Content

The fifteen short stories in the collection are:

  • "Sanctuary"
  • "The Hand"
  • "Chains"
  • "St. Columba and the River"
  • "Convention"
  • "Khat"
  • "Typhoon"
  • "The Old Neighbourhood"
  • "Phantom Gold"
  • "Marriage-For One"
  • "Fulfilment"
  • "Victory"
  • "The Shadow"
  • "The "Mercy" of God"
  • "A Prince Who Was a Thief"
  • Literary significance and criticism

    Chains was Dreiser's second collection of short stories. It sold 12,000 copies in the first year, which has been deemed to have been a moderate success.

    Carl Van Doren described the stories as 'powerful'.

    References

    Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories Wikipedia