American Tragedy
Start Publishing PD · Paperback · April 23, 2024
An American Tragedy is a tour de force one of the most important novels in the American cannon.
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- Who it’s for
- A layered classic pairs crime-novel momentum with an unsparing look at class and ambition.
- Genres
- The Classics, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing PD, April 23, 2024
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An American Tragedy is a tour de force one of the most important novels in the American cannon. Ripped from the headlines it follows Clyde Griffiths a handsome ambitious man whose religious upbringing has left him unprepared to pay the price required to realize the American Dream.
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It’s an ambitious novel that unflinchingly confronts the lie of the American Dream and myth of a classless society with opportunities for all and an extraordinary crime novel that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. Nothing short of monumental.— Kirkus
Ambition and Consequence
A layered classic pairs crime-novel momentum with an unsparing look at class and ambition.
Come here for
- The American Dream under pressure
- A crime novel with social questions woven through it
Expect
- A sustained, ambitious read
- Questions about opportunity that linger after the final page
Where it sits
| Crime Fiction | 59% |
|---|---|
| The Classics | 58% |
| Literary Fiction | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Theodore Dreiser
- Publisher
- Start Publishing PD
- Published
- April 23, 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction