It would create no furor these days, this tale of a not-so-naïve country girl who moves to Chicago and uses men sexually to further her Broadway career. But when it appeared in 1900, it caused an uproar and was suppressed for 12 years. It shocked readers, its publisher, and book reviewers. Hear what all the fuss was about! "A work of pivotal importance."—Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature