An American Tragedy, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

An American Tragedy, Volume 1, credited to Theodore Dreiser, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of An American Tragedy, Volume 1 by Theodore Dreiser. Read by Tatiana Chichilla Loosely based on a true story, this is the tale of Clyde Griffiths. At a young age, Clyde realizes that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. As a young man, he finds himself torn between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Can there be a happy resolution to this love triangle? Follow Clyde throughout his young life as he struggles to figure out whether he can truly have everything he wants. This is volume 1 of 2. - Summary by Tatiana Chichilla

Recording facts

• Recording title: An American Tragedy, Volume 1
• Author credits: Theodore Dreiser
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 57
• Listed recording duration: 15:50:54

Catalogue topics

• romance
• love triangle
• roaring 20s
• based on a true story

Opening tracks: first 24 of 57

1. 01 - Book 1, Chapter I — 15:24
2. 02 - Book 1, Chapter II — 15:01
3. 03 - Book 1, Chapter III — 17:32
4. 04 - Book 1, Chapter IV — 20:34
5. 05 - Book 1, Chapter V — 12:07
6. 06 - Book 1, Chapter VI — 16:09
7. 07 - Book 1, Chapter VII — 14:47
8. 08 - Book 1, Chapter VIII — 7:29
9. 09 - Book 1, Chapter IX — 20:59
10. 10 - Book 1, Chapter X — 8:51
11. 11 - Book 1, Chapter XI — 23:26
12. 12 - Book 1, Chapter XII — 12:34
13. 13 - Book 1, Chapter XIII — 30:32
14. 14 - Book 1, Chapter XIV — 17:22
15. 15 - Book 1, Chapter XV — 19:27
16. 16 - Book 1, Chapter XVI — 12:48
17. 17 - Book 1, Chapter XVII — 17:26
18. 18 - Book 1, Chapter XVIII — 16:38
19. 19 - Book 1, Chapter XIX — 20:24
20. 20 - Book 2, Chapter I — 15:32
21. 21 - Book 2, Chapter II — 14:04
22. 22 - Book 2, Chapter III — 22:55
23. 23 - Book 2, Chapter IV — 17:20
24. 24 - Book 2, Chapter V — 27:25

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