Theodore Dreiser

An American Tragedy is the story of Clyde Griffiths, who spends his life in the desperate pursuit of success....

This powerful novel explores the dynamics of the financial world during the Civil War and after the stock market panic caused by the Chicago fire....

The first in a "trilogy of desire", The Financier tells the story of the ruthlessly dominating broker Frank Cowperwood....

The Titan features the character of Frank Cowperwood, a powerful, irresistibly compelling man driven by his own need for power, beautiful women, and social prestige....

Sister Carrie is about a young country girl who moves to the big city, where she begins to realize her own American Dream by embarking on a life of sin....

Sister Carrie is an epic of urban life, the story of an innocent heroine adrift in an indifferent city....

This story follows a true crime murder case from New York in 1906. Clyde Griffiths is the impoverished young man from a family of street preachers who dreams of bettering his station in life. However, his dream ends in murder....

A magnificent portrayal of 1890's America, Sister Carrie lies at the forefront of American Naturalism. When poor young provincial woman Carrie Meeber arrives in Chicago, she little expects to be catapulted from lower-class woman to prominent Broadway actress....

Set in 18th century Philadelphia, the book follows Frank Cowperwood as he amasses a large fortune through stock speculation and purchases of shares in the street railway industry....

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....

Based on a true incident, young Clyde Griffiths revolts against the poverty and missionary zeal of his parents as he pursues job advancement, acceptance in the world of society and the affections of two women....

This classic novel describes an ambitious poor relative of a rich man who secures an opportunity in his uncle’s factory and has a social leap to prospectively marry another rich man’s daughter....

Sister Carrie is about a young country girl who moves to the big city, where she starts realizing her own American Dream by embarking on a life of sin rather than by hard work....

Jennie Gerhardt is the tragic story of an innocent, caring, beautiful young girl from an extremely poor family who throughout her life is drawn into affairs with two different men....

This collection presents eleven of Dreiser’s best tales, ranging from trenchant social analysis to penetrating character study....