An American Tragedy 📖

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser
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literary fiction tragic realism past tense third limited POV ~1,437 pp

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melancholic tense desperate

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count359,276
Page count~1,437 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited