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Clyde Griffith American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser Based Actual

An American Tragedy, a 1925 novel by Theodore Dreiser based on a true crime, centers on Clyde Griffiths, who faces legal consequences for a car accident and becomes entangled in a murder plot.

An American Tragedy, a 1925 novel by Theodore Dreiser based on a real murder case, follows Clyde Griffiths as he becomes involved in a fatal car accident and a seduction, leading to a murder.

Front an American Tragedy
Back novel
Theodore Dreiser
1925
based on actual murder case
Clyde Griffith involved in a car accident and found to be legally culpable
his uncle Samuel Griffith who gives him a job
Clyde falls in love with Sondra
meanwhile he seduced Roberta

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