An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser - 2020

London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2020. Collectible Classic. Purchased new. Near Fine. This is a small book, measuring 4" x 6". It is unread. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Faint scratches to side fore-edges. Includes illustrated endpapers, a satin ribbon bookmark, a biography of Theodore Dreiser, and a glossary of Victorian and literary terms. No dust jacket, as issued. 1215 pages.

Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy was inspired by an infamous real-life criminal case. First published in 1925, Dreiser chronicles the life of a young man eager to raise his status, but whose recklessness and moral weakness prove to be his undoing. Raised in poverty by devout missionaries, Clyde Griffiths longs for more. After getting a job at a grand Kansas City hotel, his dreams finally seem in reach, but his self-interest and obsession with the material lead him to commit one transgression after another, ultimately leading to murder.