An American Tragedy

Name: An American Tragedy
Author: Theodore Dreiser

by Theodore Dreiser

Naturalist novel about a young man's tragic crime of passion and moral ruin

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Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser pioneered American naturalism with his frank depictions of ambition, sexuality, and social determinism. His dense, unvarnished style broke literary taboos and opened the door for twentieth-century realism.

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