Project Gutenberg 2025-01-23 Public domain in the USA. 585 Dreiser, Theodore 1871 1945 An American tragedy, v. 1 $aUnited States :$bBoni and Liverlight, $c1925. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tragedy Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Emmanuel Ackerman, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "An American Tragedy, v. 1" by Theodore Dreiser is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Clyde Griffiths, a young man growing up in a struggling, religious family who is torn between his faith and the materialistic aspirations of society. The novel explores themes of ambition, class struggle, and the influence of environment on personal destiny. The opening of the book introduces a summer evening in a bustling American city, where Clyde is part of a family engaged in street preaching. The narrative vividly captures the dynamics of Clyde’s family life and the burdens he feels due to his parents' religious fervor and the family's economic struggles. As they attempt to attract attention by singing hymns on the streets, Clyde experiences a mix of embarrassment and longing for a different life—one that is not defined by poverty and religious duty. His internal conflict sets the stage for his eventual pursuit of wealth and status, illustrating the harsh contrasts between his aspirations and his reality. This introduction establishes the foundation for Clyde's tragic journey throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000242169&view=1up&seq=1andhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000208465&view=1up&seq=9 20210131090912dreiser 1925 us en Young men -- Fiction Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Social classes -- Fiction New York (State) -- Fiction Trials (Murder) -- Fiction American Dream -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 1090824 2025-01-29T15:37:32.984578 text/html 1064827 2025-01-23T09:49:59 text/html 724109 2025-01-29T15:37:44.283515 application/epub+zip 725269 2025-01-29T15:37:34.431559 application/epub+zip 625371 2025-01-29T15:37:33.687546 application/epub+zip 1053132 2025-01-29T15:37:52.324467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 997925 2025-01-29T15:37:43.619540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1057061 2025-01-29T15:37:31.606580 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1037145 2025-01-23T09:49:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15341 2025-01-29T15:37:52.457451 application/rdf+xml 17289 2025-01-29T15:37:33.893542 image/jpeg 3284 2025-01-29T15:37:33.790535 image/jpeg 820163 2025-01-29T15:37:33.084552 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia