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An American Tragedy is a 1925 novel by American writer Theodore Dreiser. He began the manuscript in the summer of 1920, but a year later abandoned most of that text. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of her lover, Chester Gillette.
- Theodore Dreiser
- 1925
An American Tragedy, novel by Theodore Dreiser, published in 1925. It is a complex and compassionate account of the life and death of a young antihero named Clyde Griffiths.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
An American Tragedy (1925) is a novel by the American writer Theodore Dreiser. Ambitious, handsome, but ill-educated, naïve, and immature, Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work.
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A realist novel about Clyde Griffiths, a poor boy who kills his pregnant lover and faces trial and execution. The novel explores themes of class, sex, and morality in the 1920s America.
An American Tragedy: Directed by Josef von Sternberg. With Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel. A poor factory worker employed by a wealthy uncle falls in love with a beautiful heiress, but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Josef von Sternberg
- 1931-08-22
A drama based on Theodore Dreiser's novel about a factory worker's love affair and a murder. Watch the film, read the synopsis, see the cast and crew, and explore the trivia and reviews.
Based on the true story of the 1999 rape and murder of Lisa Rhoden, this series follows the investigation, trial and aftermath of the case. Watch as the Hall family seeks justice and the death row inmate Jeffrey Ferguson faces his final hours.
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