My Pleasure Reading. Summary (pages 1-60)

The story took us back to 1889.Eighteen-year-old Caroline Meeber boardeda train headed for Chicago, leaving behind her small home town of Columbia City. She carried only four dollars, a few paltry belongings, and her sister's address in Chicago.As the train pulls out of Waukesha, she met a man,Charlie Drouet, a traveling salesman, and his flashy clothing and talkative ways made a positive impression on Carrie.They made a date for the following Monday.When the train arrived in Chicago, Carrie's sister Minnie was waiting for her at the station.
When they reach her apartment.Carrie studied the apartment and quickly determined that Minnie, Hanson, and their son lived a narrow, lean existence.Carrie had decided that it would be inappropriate for Drouet to visit her at the apartment, so she wrote him a letter.The next day, Carrie walked to the wholesale district to look for work.Eventually, she found a job in a shoe factory, where she earned four and a half dollars a week.
On the following Monday, Carrie reportув to her job, where she was made to sit at a stool and punch holes in pieces of show leather. She found the work difficult and unpleasant, and her back and shoulders quickly begin to ache.During the fourth day of her unsuccessful search for another job, Carrie encountered Drouet on the street. He took her to lunch.The high prices at the restaurant dismaied Carrie, but Drouet ordered a large meal for both of them. He learnt that she had been ill and that she had been trying for several days to find another job. She stated that she would probably have to leave Chicago and return home. She reluctantly accepted twenty dollars from Drouet to tide her over. He teld her to buy some new clothes and met him for a matinee show the next day.