Carrie's full name is Caroline Meeber. Sister Carrie is a nickname her family gave her.
Carrie lets other people, especially men, make decisions for her. She has an affair with traveling salesman Charles Drouet when she is very young. She leaves Drouet for his friend George Hurstwood. When Hurstwood's wife finds out about the affair, she starts divorce proceedings and threatens to take every penny from him. Carrie and Hurstwood run off together and pose as a married couple under an assumed name. So Carrie becomes Mrs. Wheeler.
Life as Mrs. Wheeler is not what she thought it would be, however, and Carrie decides to look for work in the theater. She joins a chorus line under the name Carrie Madenda.
So you have Caroline Meeber, Sister Carrie, Carrie Wheeler, and Carrie Madenda.
By the way, there's a great movie version of the story starring Jennifer Jones and Laurence Olivier.
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