Автор: Dreiser Theodore Название: An American Tragedy ISBN: 0593313321 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593313329 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1379.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: This landmark 1925 novel--the basis for the acclaimed 1951 film A Place in the Sun--is both a riveting crime story and a devastating commentary on the American dream. Theodore Dreiser was inspired by a true story to write this novel about an ambitious, socially insecure young man who finds himself caught between two very different women--and two very different visions of what his life could be. Clyde Griffiths was born poor and is poorly educated, but his prospects begin to improve when he is offered a job by a wealthy uncle who owns a shirt factory. Soon he achieves a managerial position, and despite being warned to stay away from the women he manages, he becomes involved with Roberta, a poor factory worker who falls in love with him. At the same time, he catches the eye of Sondra, the glamorous socialite daughter of another factory owner, and begins neglecting his lover to court her. When Roberta confronts Clyde with her pregnancy, Clyde's hopes of marrying Sondra are threatened, and he conceives a desperate plan to preserve his dream.
Автор: Dreiser Theodore Название: Theodore Dreiser: An American Tragedy ISBN: 1931082316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781931082310 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 3678.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This Library of America volume contains the novel that is the culmination of Theodore Dreiser's elementally powerful fictional art. A tremendous bestseller when it was first published in 1925, An American Tragedy takes as point of departure a notorious murder case of 1906--one among many that Dreiser studied in preparation. He immersed himself in the social background of the crime to produce a book that is a remarkable work of reportage, a monumental study of character, and a stunning jeremiad against the delusions and inequities of American society. Few novels have undertaken to track so relentlessly the process by which an ordinary young man becomes capable of committing a ruthless murder and the further process by which social and political forces come into play after his arrest. In Clyde Griffiths, the impoverished, restless offspring of a family of street preachers, Dreiser created an unforgettable portrait of a man whose social insecurities and naive dreams of self-betterment conspire to pull him toward act of unforgivable violence. The murder that he commits on a quiet lake in the Adirondacks is an extended scene of overwhelming impact, and it is followed by equally gripping episodes of his arrest and trial. Throughout, Dreiser elevates the most mundane aspects of what he observes into emotionally charged, often harrowing symbols. Around Clyde, Dreiser builds an extraordinarily detailed portrait of early twentieth-century America, its religious and sexual hypocrisies, its economic pressures, its political corruption and journalistic exploitation. The sheer prophetic amplitude of his bitter truth-telling, in idiosyncratic prose of uncanny expressiveness, continues to mark Dreiser as a crucially important American writer. An American Tragedy, the great achievement of his later years, is a work of mythic force, at once brutal and heartbreaking. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Автор: Dreiser Theodore Название: An American Tragedy ISBN: 0451531558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780451531551 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 915.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: An American Masterpiece Clyde Griffiths finds his social-climbing aspirations and love for a rich and beautiful debutante threatened when his lower-class pregnant girlfriend gives him an ultimatum.
Автор: Dreiser Theodore Название: Sister Carrie ISBN: 1416561498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781416561491 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 684.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Carrie Meeber leaves her home in rural Wisconsin for big-city life in Chicago, and faces a series of struggles -- professional, moral, and romantic -- before achieving success in the New York theater scene.
THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives the reader importantbackground informationA chronology of the author's life and workA timeline of significant events that provides the book'shistorical contextAn outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader'sown interpretationsDetailed explanatory notesCritical analysis, including contemporary and modernperspectives on the workDiscussion questions to promote lively classroom and bookgroup interactionA list of recommended related books and films to broadenthe reader's experience
Автор: Dreiser Theodore Название: Sister Carrie ISBN: 0199539081 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199539086 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse.' The tale of Carrie Meeber's rise to stardom in the theatre and George Hurstwood's slow decline captures the twin poles of exuberance and exhaustion in modern city life as never before. The premier example of American naturalism, Dreiser's remarkable first novel has deeply influenced such key writers as William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Saul Bellow, and Joyce Carol Oates. This edition uses the 1900 text, which is regarded as the author's final version. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Автор: Dreiser Theodore Название: Sister Carrie ISBN: 0451531140 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780451531148 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 547.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: Small-town girl Carrie Meeber arrives in Chicago with nothing but a few dollars and an unspoiled beauty. Hers is a story of struggle--from sweatshop to stage success--and of the love she inspires in an older, married man whose obsession with her threatens to destroy him. Revised reissue.
Автор: Dreiser Theodore Название: The Financier ISBN: 014310554X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143105541 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall come to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities.
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