Same names, same sartorial obsessions, same irritating approaches to romance — but they lived on opposite ends of the 20th century. Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie was considered a scandalous character for her time as a woman who used men to her advantage and never got punished for doing so. Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw sometimes does the same, but in slightly more daring outfits.
Can you tell the differences between these two? See for yourself by differentiating between their quotes:
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