02613cam a2200337 4500 463252028 TxAuBib 20201218120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780795311512 0795311516 2a5cec98-c6a1-4e0a-ac24-62c5ace3b47c OverDrive (Reserve ID) 18871 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. An American Tragedy [Libby]. RosettaBooks, 2014. crime. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3385kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Classic Literature. Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML:<p><b>This epic of class, ambition, and murder in the early twentieth century is "[a] masterpiece...</b><b>America's <i>Crime and Punishment</i>" (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>).</b><br /> <br /> Theodore Dreiser's <i>An American Tragedy</i> is the story of a weak-willed young man who is both a villain and a victim of the valueless, materialistic society around him. Inspired by the true story of an early twentieth-century murder and adapted into a classic film under the title <i>A Place in the Sun</i>, <i>An American Tragedy</i> follows Clyde Griffiths as he is drawn into a circle of wealthy friends despite his own poverty-stricken background. Leaving the needs of his family behind as he buys expensive presents to impress a rich girl, Clyde finds that his new life leads him into a tragedy born of recklessness. Yet he continues to yearn ambitiously for money and status—a desire that will be his downfall.<br /> <br /> "Dreiser is widely regarded as the strongest of the novelists who have written about America as a business civilization. No one else confronted so directly the sheer intractability of American social life and institutions."—<i>The New Yorker</i></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-18 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0027-1/2A5/CEC/98/AnAmericanTragedy.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2A5CEC98-C6A1-4E0A-AC24-62C5ACE3B47C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0027-1/2A5/CEC/98/AnAmericanTragedy.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2A5CEC98-C6A1-4E0A-AC24-62C5ACE3B47C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)