Friday, June 11, 2010

Feature Fridays

Today's classic is is An American Tragedy (1925) by Theodore Dreiser.

Theodore Dreiser set out to create an epic character and, in the form of Clyde Griffiths in An American Tragedy, he succeeded. Griffiths is just a Midwest kid, the son of a preacher in Kansas City, who tastes a little sophistication and then hits the road seeking pleasure and success. He has his moments, conducting more than one romantic affair, until that ill-advised pursuit ensnares him. Then he reads about an "accident" of a young woman and ponders a dastardly deed ... Dreiser spins these scenes with the eye of a master in control of his form. An American Tragedy stands as an American masterpiece.

You can read An American Tragedy online here.

It is one of the TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

Have you read it?

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