An American Tragedy-美国悲剧

作者：Theodore Dreiser

书名：An American Tragedy《美国悲剧》 

中文简介：《美国的悲剧》（英语：An American Tragedy），美国作家西奥多·德莱赛1925年的小说。本书是德莱赛成就最高的文学，使他获得了世界声誉。《美国的悲剧》原名《海市蜃楼》，美国发生切斯特吉莱特在大穆斯湖上，让格蕾斯·布朗溺死的事件，最后切斯特被判处死刑，德莱塞以此为基础改编而成，并将谋杀案提升到“一个国家的悲剧”。1929年，《美国的悲剧》被认为是违反了马萨诸塞州的反淫秽书籍法令，遭到查禁，即“公诉人诉弗雷德案”，1930年5月，进行上诉，最高法院维持了原判。

英文简介：On one level, An American Tragedy is the story of the corruption and destruction of one man, Clyde Griffiths, who forfeits his life in desperate pursuit of success. On a deeper, more profound level, the novel represents a massive portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde's tawdry ambitions and seal his fate: It is an unsurpassed depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American Dream. Extraordinary in scope and power, vivid in its sense of wholesale human waste, unceasing in its rich compassion, An American Tragedy stands as Theodore Dreiser's supreme achievement.

Based on an actual crime case, An American Tragedy was the inspiration for the film A Place in the Sun, winner of six Academy Awards, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift.