"The Lost Phoebe" is a short story by Theodore Dreiser. Henry is so devastated by the death of his wife that cannot find peace, he finds himself constantly searching for her. He...

Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home, 18 year old Caroline Meeber takes the train to Chicago, where her older sister Minnie, and Minnie's husband, Sven Hanson, have...

Eugene Witla escapes the confines of the small town in Illinois where he has been raised to make his way in Chicago. There he studies painting at the Chicago Art Institute and...