An American Tragedy: Easyread Large Bold Edition

An American Tragedy: Easyread Large Bold Edition
ISBN-10
1427080321
ISBN-13
9781427080325
Series
An American Tragedy
Category
Didactic fiction
Pages
502
Language
English
Published
2008-11-05
Publisher
ReadHowYouWant.com
Author
Theodore Dreiser

Description

Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy (1925) is a novel about the harsh realities of American life. Based on an actual murder case, the story concerns a young man, Clyde Griffiths, who is born into a religious family. His life changes when he takes work as a bellboy in a hotel in Kansas City and is exposed to the world of alcohol and prostitution. Griffiths's affair with a girl, Roberta, results in pregnancy, and she expects to marry him. But by now Clyde loves another woman.

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