Dreiser, Theodore. An American Tragedy. New York: World Publishing Co. 1962.
I don’t know why I’m reading this book. The binding looks like it will break if I even so much as breathe on it the wrong way. Someone has written notes in this library book and that in itself drives me nuts. I don’t want to be influenced by scribblings of another’s thoughts. Oh well. I don’t know much about this book other than to say it was recommended.
I started to get into this book after 100 pages or so. According to Nancy Pearl, that’s 50 pages too many. I would have stuck with it because I didn’t get to the really good part – the part that made it controversial and ultimately banned in it’s day (the whole reason why it was recommended), but it was due back at the library…and you know how librarians can be about overdue books. Note to self: if still alive after conquering Book Lust List, restart American Tragedy.
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