An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

1900 • 502 pages

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Average rating3.8

The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one man's doomed pursuit of love and success..."Mr. Dreiser is not imitative and belongs to no school. He is at heart a mysticist and a fatalist, though using the realistic method. He is, on the evidence of this novel alone, a power." --The New York Times Book Review

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33 primary books

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LOA is a 33-book series with 33 released primary works first released in 1826 with contributions by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, and Library of America Staff.

Uncle Tom's cabin, or, Life among the lowly ; The minister's wooing ; Oldtown folks

#24

Herman Melville: Pierre, Israel Potter, The Piazza Tales, The Confidence-Man, Uncollected Prose, Billy Budd, Sailor

#57

Willa Cather: Stories, Poems, & Other Writings

#73

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The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies

#97

Early Novels & Stories: Go Tell It on the Mountain / Giovanni’s Room / Another Country / Going to Meet the Man

#123

The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence, 1775–1783

#132

#140

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Ezra Pound

#174

#193

#210

Gods’ Man / Madman’s Drum / Wild Pilgrimage

#211

Prelude to a Million Years / Song Without Words / Vertigo

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Jac Masket

It was an extremely difficult book to read. For me, it did not truly pick up until page 450. An amazing book despite it being lengthy. If you wish to challenge yourself with a fiction book, this is an excellent challenge.

August 22, 2016

Artem

Книга,которую сложно было читать по причине того,что главный герой - откровенный дурак с ценностями,которые я не разделяю. Порой его действия и мысли были настолько не осмысленными и ветреными,что их хотелось пропустить. Книга,в целом,интересная,хоть и длинная,с правильными посылами и показом того,какую ответственность человек может нести за свои действия

April 17, 2025