西奥多·德莱塞是美国现代小说的先驱,他一生创作了《嘉莉妹妹》《金融家》《美国的悲剧》等许多著名长篇小说。他的作品真挚、诚实、大胆而又充满生活激情,非常贴近美国广大人民群众的生活,真实地再现了19世纪末的美国社会。德莱塞在苦难中度过了童年,他从母亲那里学会了同情,从父亲那里 Theodore Dreiser was a pioneer of modern American novels. Throughout his life, Theodore Dreiser created many famous novels such as Sister Carrie, Financier and American Tragedy. His work is sincere, honest, bold and full of passion for life. It is very close to the lives of the broad masses of the people in the United States and truly reproduces the American society in the late 19th century. Dreiser spent his childhood in childhood, he learned sympathy from his mother, from his father