Episode 1

It's 1899. Pretty 18 year old Caroline Meeber - Sister Carrie to her family - travels to Chicago to try her luck in the big city.

Destiny takes over when Carrie's fresh prettiness attracts the attention of smooth talking salesman, Charlie Drouet.

Will the daily grind of badly paid work in a sweatshop force Carrie into his welcoming arms?

Theodore Dreiser's neglected American classic, first published in 1900.

It's the gripping tale of a young woman's eventful rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.

Omnibus of the first five of fifteen episodes dramatised by Steve Chambers.

Dreiser .... Russell Dixon
Carrie .... Eve Best
Charlie Drouet .... John Guerrasio
Minnie/Julia .... Kate Harper
Beth ....Alison Darling
Hurstwood .... Liam Cunningham

All other parts played by members of the cast

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.

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