An American Tragedy (Signet Classics (Paperback))
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Theodore Dreiser set out to create an epic character and, in the form of Clyde Griffiths in An American Tragedy, he succeeded. Griffiths is just a Midwest kid, the son of a preacher in Kansas City, who tastes a little sophistication and then hits the road seeking pleasure and success. He has his moments, conducting more than one romantic affair, until that ill-advised pursuit ensnares him. Then he reads about an "accident" of a young woman and ponders a dastardly deed ... Dreiser spins these scenes with the eye of a master in control of his form. An American Tragedy stands as an American masterpiece.
The New York Times Book Review, Robert L. Duffus
Mr. Dreiser is not imitative and belongs to no school. He is at heart a mysticist and a fatalist, though using the realistic method. He is a totally undisciplined, unorganized power--yet, on the evidence of this novel alone, nonetheless a power.
An American Tragedy (Signet Classics (Paperback))
An American Tragedy (Signet Classics (Paperback)),Theodore Dreiser,Richard Lingeman,Signet Classics,0451527704,Classics,Fiction,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,New York (State),Social classes,Trials (Murder),Triangles (Interpersonal relat,Triangles (Interpersonal relations),Fiction / Classics,Modern fiction
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