Book :: An American Tragedy
| By: | Theodore Dreiser |
| Pages: | 859 |
| Published: | 1925 |
| Genre(s): | Historical Fiction |
| American | |
| Crime | |
| Rating: | (4) |
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Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy (1925) is nothing less than what the title holds it to be; it is the story of a weak-willed young man who is both villain and victim (the victim of a valueless, materialistic society) and someone who ultimately destroys himself. Dreiser modeled the story of Clyde Griffiths on a real-life murder that took place in 1906; a young social climber of...
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This is my kind of novel!!!!! Read it and Sister Carrie while traveling through Europe in 1985.
Jan 4th, 2018
An American Tragedy appears on these lists...
96th on The 20th Centrury's Greatest Hits by American Book Review
46th on The Novel 100 by Daniel S. Bert
16th on 100 Best Novels by Modern Library
88th on Rival 100 Best Novels by Radcliffe
80th on Top 100 Books by Newsweek
