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This novel was placed number 16 in the best novels of the XXth century, and is considered a real american classic. The ambitious but ill-educated and immature Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents who force him to participate in their street missionary work, and on reaching young adulthood takes low-status jobs as a soda jerk and then as a bellhop at a top Kansas City hotel. There, his more sophisticated colleagues introduce him to alcohol and prostitutes, something he starts to enjoy...
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An American Tragedy, Theodore Dreiser
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- Titolo
- An American Tragedy
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Theodore Dreiser
- Editore
- The World Publishing Company
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Gialli & Thriller, Prosa storica, Gialli, Classici, USA, Omicidi, Letteratura Americana, XX Secolo, Regali per le donne, Adattato in un film, Povertà, Amore proibito, Differenze sociali
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1925
- Titolo originale
- An American Tragedy
- Valutazione
- 3,95 su 5
- Descrizione
- This novel was placed number 16 in the best novels of the XXth century, and is considered a real american classic. The ambitious but ill-educated and immature Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents who force him to participate in their street missionary work, and on reaching young adulthood takes low-status jobs as a soda jerk and then as a bellhop at a top Kansas City hotel. There, his more sophisticated colleagues introduce him to alcohol and prostitutes, something he starts to enjoy...