An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser Audiobook

Written by Theodore Dreiser
Read by Dan John Miller
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Tantor Media
Release date: April 25, 2011
Duration: 34hrs 13min

An American Tragedy is the story of Clyde Griffiths, who spends his life in the desperate pursuit of success. On a deeper, more profound level, it is the masterful portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde’s ambitions and seal his fate; it is an unsurpassed depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American dream. Extraordinary in scope and power, vivid in its sense of wholesale human waste, unceasing in its rich compassion, An American Tragedy stands as Theodore Dreiser’s supreme achievement.

First published in 1925 and based on an actual criminal case, An American Tragedy was the inspiration for the 1951 film A Place in the Sun, which won six Academy Awards and starred Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift.

A book with a similar theme, but not the depth and length, is A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin.