An American Tragedy

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An American Tragedy - Mass Market Paperbound

An American Tragedy - Mass Market Paperbound

by Theodore Dreiser
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Book Overview

by Theodore Dreiser (Author), Richard Lingeman (Introduction by), Margaret E. Mitchell (Afterword by)

An American Masterpiece

Clyde Griffiths finds his social-climbing aspirations and love for a rich and beautiful debutante threatened when his lower-class pregnant girlfriend gives him an ultimatum.

Author Biography

Theodore Dreiser was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on August 27, 1871. After a poor and difficult childhood, Dreiser broke into newspaper work in Chicago in 1892. A successful career as a magazine writer in New York during the late 1890s was followed by his first novel, Sister Carrie (1900). When this work made little impact, Dreiser published no fiction until Jennie Gerhardt in 1911. There then followed a decade and a half of major work in a number of literary forms, which was capped in 1925 by An American Tragedy, a novel that brought him universal acclaim. Dreiser was increasingly preoccupied by philosophical and political issues during the last two decades of his life. He died in Los Angeles on December 28, 1945.

Number of Pages: 896
Dimensions: 1.3 x 6.8 x 4.2 IN
Publication Date: August 03, 2010
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: American Tragedy
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 8.5
Point Value: 65
ISBN9780451531551
Author Theodore Dreiser
PublisherSignet Book
GenreLiterature
FormatOther
PublishedAugust 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages896
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Theodore Dreiser was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on August 27, 1871. After a poor and difficult childhood, Dreiser broke into newspaper work in Chicago in 1892. A successful career as a magazine writer in New York during the late 1890s was followed by his first novel, Sister Carrie (1900). When this work made little impact, Dreiser published no fiction until Jennie Gerhardt in 1911. There then followed a decade and a half of major work in a number of literary forms, which was capped in 1925 by An American Tragedy, a novel that brought him universal acclaim. Dreiser was increasingly preoccupied by philosophical and political issues during the last two decades of his life. He died in Los Angeles on December 28, 1945.

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