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An American Tragedy is a 1925 novel by American writer Theodore Dreiser. He began the manuscript in the summer of 1920, but a year later abandoned most of that text. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of her lover, Chester Gillette.
- Theodore Dreiser
- 1925
An American Tragedy, novel by Theodore Dreiser, published in 1925. It is a complex and compassionate account of the life and death of a young antihero named Clyde Griffiths.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
An American Tragedy (1925) is a novel by the American writer Theodore Dreiser. Ambitious, handsome, but ill-educated, naïve, and immature, Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work.
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Sinopse. A história de um jovem de caráter instável surpreendido por acontecimentos que o levam à execução por assassinato. O romance deu origem a um filme em 1931 e novamente em 1951.
14 de jan. de 2014 · Inspired by the true story of an early twentieth-century murder and adapted into a classic film under the title A Place in the Sun, An American Tragedy follows Clyde Griffiths as he is drawn...
- Theodore Dreiser
- RosettaBooks, 2014
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- An American TragedyRosettaBooks into Film
A realist novel about Clyde Griffiths, a poor boy who kills his pregnant lover and faces trial and execution. The novel explores themes of class, sex, and morality in the 1920s America.
An American Tragedy is a novel based on the famous case of Chester Gilette's murder of Grace Brown and is generally considered to be Dreiser's greatest accomplishment.
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