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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...
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An American tragedy, Theodore Dreiser
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- An American tragedy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Theodore Dreiser
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 524
- ISBN10
- 8027277825
- ISBN13
- 9788027277827
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Classics, USA, Murders, American Literature, 20th century, Gifts for women, Adapted for Film, Poverty, Forbidden Love, Social Differences
- First published
- 1925
- Original title
- An American Tragedy
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- 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...