An American Tragedy -

Theodore Dreiser

Vintage Classics

2021

880 páginas

1d 5h 20m

ISBN-13: 9780593313329

This landmark 1925 novel–the basis for the acclaimed 1951 film A Place in the Sun–is both a riveting crime story and a devastating commentary on the American dream.

Theodore Dreiser was inspired by a true story to write this novel about an ambitious, socially insecure young man who finds himself caught between two very different women–and two very different visions of what his life could be. Clyde Griffiths was born poor and is poorly educated, but his prospects begin to improve when he is offered a job by a wealthy uncle who owns a shirt factory. Soon he achieves a managerial position, and despite being warned to stay away from the women he manages, he becomes involved with Roberta, a poor factory worker who falls in love with him. At the same time, he catches the eye of Sondra, the glamorous socialite daughter of another factory owner, and begins neglecting his lover to court her. When Roberta confronts Clyde with her pregnancy, Clyde’s hopes of marrying Sondra are threatened, and he conceives a desperate plan to preserve his dream.

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É um relato complexo e compassivo da vida e morte de um jovem anti-herói chamado Clyde Griffiths. O romance começa com o histórico sombrio de Clyde, relata seu caminho para o sucesso e culmina em sua apreensão, julgamento por assassinato. O livro foi chamado por um crítico influente de “o grande romance pior escrito do mundo”, mas sua gramática e estilo questionáveis ​​são transcendidos por seu poder narrativo. As intrincadas especulações de Dreiser sobre a extensão da culpa de Clyde são contrabalançadas por sua forte acusação ao materialismo e ao sonho americano de sucesso.