Sister Carrie "A Strangely Strong Novel in a Queer Milieu"
Curated by Nancy M. Shawcross Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania

Begun in the fall of 1914, The Bulwark was not completed until May 1945. It concerns the financial and moral difficulties faced by a Quaker in light of changing times. The central character is a conservative Philadelphia Quaker who fails to hold back change. The novel speaks to the ever-widening gap created by modern man's abandonment of religion and his increasing dependence on technological and materialistic standards.