An American tragedy, v. 2

Description

"An American Tragedy, v. 2" by Theodore Dreiser is a novel published in 1925. Based on a real 1906 murder case, it follows Clyde Griffiths, a young man from a poor religious family who climbs toward wealth and status. When he impregnates factory worker Roberta while courting wealthy socialite Sondra, Clyde faces an impossible choice. His desperate solution leads to a drowning, a sensational trial, and a fate sealed by circumstantial evidence and his own contradictory testimony. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

• Young men -- Fiction
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
• Social classes -- Fiction
• New York (State) -- Fiction
• Trials (Murder) -- Fiction
• American Dream -- Fiction
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