![]() ![]() He begins to work in the factory and meets a young woman named Roberta. ![]() He meets his wealthy uncle who is the owner of a factory. It is about a young man named Clyde who experiences financial issues as he grows up. His novels explore into depth of the new social problems that had rapidly arisen in the industrializing country of America in the late 1800s and early 1900s.įirst Novel Summary - An American TragedyĪn American Tragedy is Dreiser’s best selling novel. ![]() He became an outstanding novelist and was a leading figure in the literary movement of naturalism, with an uncompromised presentation of real-life subject matter. That very consciousness profoundly influenced his writing. He quickly understood the difficulty of mere survival. As one can imagine, Dreiser was introduced to the difference between the 'American Dream' and reality. He grew up in a poor Catholic family, one of ten children. and he died December 28, 1945, Hollywood, California. Theodore Dreiser was born on August 27, 1871, Terre Haute Indiana U.S. ![]()
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