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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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- Titre
- An American Tragedy
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Theodore Dreiser
- Éditeur
- Constable
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Romans historiques, Polars, Classiques, États-Unis, Meurtres, Littérature américaine, 20e siècle, Cadeaux pour les dames, Adapté au cinéma, Pauvreté, Amour interdit, Différences sociales
- Première publication
- 1925
- Titre original
- An American Tragedy
- Évaluation
- 3,95 sur 5
- Description
- 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...