Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories

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

Contents The fifteen short stories in the collection are: "Sanctuary" "The Hand" "Chains" "St. Columba and the River" "Convention" "Khat" "Typhoon" "The Old Neighborhood" "Phantom Gold" "Marriage—For One" "Fulfilment" "The Victor" (aka 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.Monty Kozbial Ernst, 'Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories.', in A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia, Keith Newlin (ed.), Greenwood Press, 2003, pp.56-58 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'.

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External links

Full text of Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories at HathiTrust Digital Library