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Title details for An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser - Available

An American Tragedy

by Theodore Dreiser
Dan John Miller
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An American Tragedy is the story of Clyde Griffiths, who spends his life in the desperate pursuit of success. On a deeper, more profound level, it is the masterful portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde's ambitions and seal his fate; it is an unsurpassed depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American dream. Extraordinary in scope and power, vivid in its sense of wholesale human waste, unceasing in its rich compassion, An American Tragedy stands as Theodore Dreiser's supreme achievement.


First published in 1925 and based on an actual criminal case, An American Tragedy was the inspiration for the 1951 film A Place in the Sun, which won six Academy Awards and starred Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift.

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  • Release date

    July 19, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781452621890
      • File size: 985393 KB
      • Duration: 34:12:54

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1170
    • Text Difficulty: 8-9

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A moment occurs towards the end of this classic novel of crime and punishment when Grover Gardner delivers the voices of men on death row. Some sound resigned, others complain, one moans. These emulations of misery are palpable and demonstrate Gardner's subtle expertise as a narrator. A master performer, he elevates this naturalistic novel, an account of the strivings and disappointments of Clyde Griffiths, a flawed but fascinating protagonist whose rise and fall end when he commits a heinous crime and is electrocuted for it. Perhaps equally important are its precisely chiseled anti-capitalist details of a stratified collar factory with its nepotistic organization and its evocation of prison life--rigid, punitive, and unyielding--which will make even the most hard-hearted listener yearn for restorative justice. A.D.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1170
  • Text Difficulty:8-9

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