An American Tragedy: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition
- ISBN-10
- 1427081255
- ISBN-13
- 9781427081254
- Series
- An American Tragedy
- Category
- True Crime
- Pages
- 524
- 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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