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Jennie Gerhardt is a working-class girl whose harsh German father forces her to leave home when he discovers she is pregnant. Left in a lurch by the Ohio senator who dies before he can fulfill his promise to marry her, Jennie becomes the mistress of Lester Kane.
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- Jennie Gerhardt: The protagonist. Starts work as a cleaning lady in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio. Full name Genevieve.
- Mrs. Gerhardt: Jennie's mother.
- William Gerhardt: Jennie's father, a German glass-blower.
- Sebastian Gerhardt: Jennie's brother. He is described as a dandy who is ashamed of his family's lack of wherewithal. He is also known as Bass.
- Senator Brander: A United States State Senator who seduces Jennie.
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One morning, in the fall of 1880, a middle-aged woman, accompanied by a young girl of eighteen, presented herself at the clerk's desk of the principal hotel in Columbus, Ohio, and made inquiry as to whether there was anything about the place that she could do.
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- Theodore Dreiser (Author)
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