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An American Tragedy (Hardcover)
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An American Tragedy (Hardcover)
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An American Tragedy (1925) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Written
and rewritten over a number of years, An American Tragedy is a
weighty epic with a cleareyed vision of the decay at the heart of
industrialized society. Based on the murder of Grace Brown in 1906,
the novel proved controversial for its depiction of depravity and
violence, but has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and
remains a powerful example of social critique nearly a century
after its publication. A young Midwesterner bucks against his
puritan upbringing, drinking with acquaintances and frequenting
prostitutes when he isn't busy working any number of thankless
jobs. As friends and lovers come and go, he fails to find footing
in a society fueled by ambition and cunning. Forced to flee Kansas
City after a deadly auto accident, Clyde moves to Chicago before
settling in Lycurgus, New York, where he meets a young farmgirl
named Roberta Allen. When she becomes pregnant, Clyde begins to
feel his dreams of freedom fade, and longs for a way out of
marriage. Desperate and confused, he turns to a beautiful socialite
named Sondra Finchley, the daughter of a local factory owner. Clyde
knows what he should do-marry Roberta, settle down, raise a
family-but his reckless ways refuse to remain in the past. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy is a classic
of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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