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An American Tragedy is a 1925 novel by American writer Theodore Dreiser. He began the manuscript in the summer of 1920, but a year later abandoned most of that text. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of her lover, Chester Gillette.
- Theodore Dreiser
- 1925
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An American Tragedy, novel by Theodore Dreiser, published in 1925. It is a complex and compassionate account of the life and death of a young antihero named Clyde Griffiths.
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A realist novel about Clyde Griffiths, a poor boy who kills his pregnant lover and faces trial and execution. The novel explores themes of class, sex, and morality in the 1920s America.
An American Tragedy (1925) is a novel by the American writer Theodore Dreiser. Ambitious, handsome, but ill-educated, naïve, and immature, Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work.
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With Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel. A poor factory worker employed by a wealthy uncle falls in love with a beautiful heiress, but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Josef von Sternberg
- 1931-08-22
Aug 3, 2010 · An American Tragedy introduces us to everyman Clyde Griffiths, born to unordained, self-proclaimed, missionary parents who run a small home for wayward souls and spend some time each day, singing church hymns and proclaiming the glory of the Lord on street corners along with organ accompaniment.
Learn about Theodore Dreiser's naturalist masterpiece, based on a real-life crime of a man who murdered his pregnant lover. Explore the plot, characters, themes, and historical context of this classic American novel.
