This novel was placed number 16 in the best novels of the XXth century, and is considered a real american classic. The ambitious but ill-educated and immature Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents who force him to participate in their street missionary work, and on reaching young adulthood takes low-status jobs as a soda jerk and then as a bellhop at a top Kansas City hotel. There, his more sophisticated colleagues introduce him to alcohol and prostitutes, something he starts to enjoy...
Theodore Dresier Books
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist, a pioneer of naturalism. He is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. His works explore the raw realities of life and the struggles of individuals against harsh societal conditions. Dreiser's distinctive style offers a compelling and unflinching look at the human condition.
