After meeting his uncle Samuel in Chicago while working for the Union League Club, he travels to Lycurgus in New York where he is scorned by his cousin Gilbert.
The protagonist of this novel buys Hortense a fur coat instead of spending the money to support his pregnant sister, and soon afterward he is involved in a hit and run car accident. After meeting his uncle Samuel in Chicago while working for the Union League Club, he travels to Lycurgus in New York where he is scorned by his cousin Gilbert. At the end of this novel, the protagonist is electrocuted for his crime, which was motivated by his desire to marry Sondra Finchley and move himself into upper class society, as well as the need to hide Roberta Alden's pregnancy. For 10 points, name this Theodore Dreiser novel in which Clyde Griffiths murders his lover on a lake.
The protagonist of this novel buys Hortense a fur coat instead of spending the money to support his pregnant sister, and soon afterward he is involved in a hit and run car accident.
An {American Tragedy}