A novel recognized as the pinnacle of Theodore Dreiser's work.
The book that inspired the cult Oscar-winning film, A Place in the Sun.
A harsh rebuke to the 'American Dream,' based on real events.
Clyde Griffiths, 'an average young American with a typically American outlook on life,' yearns to establish himself in high society at any cost. For the sake of an affair with a wealthy heiress, Sondra Finchley, he decides to end his relationship with Roberta, a simple factory worker, with one fatal blow...
And so, before our eyes, 'An American Tragedy' begins to unfold—a story of love and betrayal, murder and remorse, illusions and their collapse, exceptional in its power and scope.