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When did Theodore Dreiser and Sara White separate permanently?
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Theodore Dreiser
His first published novel Sister Carrie had a limited printing because of the controversial subject matter.
Theodore Dreiser and Sara White separated permanently in 1912. Although the couple married in 1898, their relationship was ultimately doomed by Dreiser's serial affairs.1