An Amateur Laborer is an autobiographical book by Theodore Dreiser.

[1] The book is an autobiographical account of a three-year struggle with neurasthenia[1] in the aftermath of Sister Carrie 's financial failure.

[2] After being constantly turned down for publications while living in Brooklyn, Dreiser finds a job as a manual worker on a railroad.

[2] Eventually, his brother Paul Dresser sends him to a health resort, leading to his replenished morale.

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