Amerikanskaia tragediia (Kniga ne novaia, sostoianie udovletvoritel'noe) - Draizer

The novel "American Tragedy" tells the story of one murder. A witty and gripping narrative takes us to the beginning of the 20th century in a small town in the west of America, where a young Clyde Griffiths, a worker in a collar factory, drowned a girl who became pregnant with him. A banal plot, but not Theodore Dreiser. The poignant novel turns out to be the story of the murder of not one girl, but a whole generation of Americans who grew up in the belief that for the sake of high standing in society can make any sacrifice.