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Theodore Dreiser

    27 de agosto de 1871 – 28 de diciembre de 1945

    Theodore Dreiser fue un novelista y periodista estadounidense que fue pionero de la escuela naturalista. Es conocido por retratar personajes cuyo valor no reside en su código moral, sino en su persistencia ante todos los obstáculos. Sus situaciones literarias se asemejan más a estudios de la naturaleza que a cuentos de elección y agencia, explorando la existencia humana en su estado crudo.

    Theodore Dreiser
    Mentor Series: American Families
    Oxford World's Classics: Jennie Gerhardt
    A Traveler at Forty
    The Best Short Stories of Theodore Dreiser
    Sister Carrie
    The Titan
    • A Book About Myself; In Two Volumes

      Volume 1 - in large print

      • 364 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      The book is a reproduction of a historical work, published by Megali, a company dedicated to producing large print editions. This initiative aims to enhance accessibility for individuals with impaired vision, allowing a broader audience to engage with historical texts.

      A Book About Myself; In Two Volumes2023
    • The Financier A Novel

      • 454 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      Set against the backdrop of late 19th century American finance, the story follows Frank Cowperwood, an ambitious banker navigating the turbulent worlds of business and social expectations in Philadelphia. As he engages in various financial schemes, his relentless pursuit of wealth leads to moral dilemmas that impact his relationships and ultimately contribute to his downfall. Through Cowperwood's journey, the narrative critiques the harsh realities of ambition and the American Dream during the Gilded Age, showcasing Dreiser's naturalistic writing style.

      The Financier A Novel2023
    • This book is a reproduction of a historical work, published by Megali, a company dedicated to producing large print editions to assist readers with impaired vision. The focus on accessibility highlights the importance of making classic literature available to a wider audience, ensuring that those with visual challenges can enjoy and engage with historical texts.

      Hey Rub-a-dub-dub; A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of Life2023
    • The Financier; A Novel

      in large print

      • 708 páginas
      • 25 horas de lectura

      This historical work is presented in large print, catering specifically to readers with impaired vision. Published by Megali, a house dedicated to making classic texts more accessible, it aims to preserve and share important literary and historical content while enhancing readability for those who may struggle with standard print sizes.

      The Financier; A Novel2023
    • Sister Carrie; A novel

      in large print

      • 692 páginas
      • 25 horas de lectura

      Focusing on accessibility, this publication by Megali offers a reproduction of a historical work in large print, catering specifically to individuals with impaired vision. The initiative highlights the importance of making literature more inclusive and readable for a broader audience.

      Sister Carrie; A novel2023
    • A Book About Myself; In Two Volumes

      Volume 2 - in large print

      • 364 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      The book features a reproduction of a historical work, specifically designed in large print to enhance readability for individuals with impaired vision. It is published by Megali, a publishing house dedicated to making classic texts more accessible to a wider audience.

      A Book About Myself; In Two Volumes2023
    • A Traveler at Forty

      • 422 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      The book is a significant classical work that explores themes of travel and personal reflection. It has been carefully reformatted and retyped to ensure clarity and readability, making it accessible for contemporary readers. The effort to preserve this literary piece highlights its enduring importance throughout history, aiming to keep its insights alive for future generations.

      A Traveler at Forty2023
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    • A Book About Myself

      in large print

      • 724 páginas
      • 26 horas de lectura

      The book is a reproduction of a historical work, published by Megali, a house dedicated to producing large print editions. This initiative aims to enhance accessibility for readers with impaired vision, ensuring that important texts remain available to a wider audience.

      A Book About Myself2023
    • Величайшее произведение Драйзера, ставящееся в один ряд с великими изображениями американской жизни. В трагическом рассказе о молодом человеке, который в стремлении к богатству и высокому социальному положению не останавливается ни перед чем, даже перед убийством, автор запечатлел многие аспекты американской жизни и обвинил общество, которое стало соучастником отчаянной попытки героя вырваться из своего положения.

      Американская трагедия Tom 1, 22021
    • В трагическом рассказе о молодом человеке, который в стремлении к богатству и высокому социальному положению не останавливается ни перед чем, даже перед убийством, автор запечатлел множество аспектов американской жизни и обвинил общество, которое стало соучастником отчаянной попытки героя вырваться из своего положения.

      Эксклюзивная классика: Американская трагедия2019
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    • Роман "Американская трагедия" - вершина творчества выдающегося американского писателя Теодора Драйзера. Он утверждает: "Никто не создает трагедий - их создает жизнь. Писатели лишь изображают их". Драйзеру удалось так талантливо изобразить трагедию Клайда Гриффитса, что его история не оставляет равнодушным и современного читателя. Молодой человек, вкусивший всю прелесть жизни богатых, так жаждет утвердиться в их обществе, что идет ради этого на преступление.

      100 главных книг. Американская трагедия2017
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    • Стоик

      • 480 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      The Stoic is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, first published in 1947. It is the conclusion to A Trilogy of Desire, his series of novels about Frank Cowperwood. The book was published posthumously.

      Стоик2011
      4,6
    • Гений

      • 779 páginas
      • 28 horas de lectura

      «Гений» — одно из самых ярких и эмоциональных произведений выдающегося американского писателя Теодора Драйзера. Действие романа происходит в Америке конца девятнадцатого века и повествует о творческих и нравственных исканиях провинциального художника Джуджина Уитли. Герой романа мечтает стать первым живописцем, который сумеет уловить на холсте всю широту и богатство американской культуры. Страстность, творческий эгоизм, неистребимые черты детства и непомерные амбиции влекут Джуджина к достатку и славе, заставляя платить за успех слишком высокую цену.

      Гений2009
      3,8
    • In his stories and in such landmark novels as Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) defied literary propriety and broke new ground in American fiction by focusing on life as it is, rather than as it ought to be. Sherwood Anderson, introducing a collection of Dreiser stories, said of him: "If there is a modern movement in American prose writing, a movement toward greater courage and fidelity to life in writing, then Theodore Dreiser is the pioneer and the hero of the movement." Indeed, his bold example paved the way for a new generation of American writers.The five superb stories in this volume vividly attest to the sincerity and depth of Dreiser's gifts as a powerful and original storyteller. They are "Free," the story of a man trying, as his wife lies dying, to understand why he never found happiness in marriage; "The Second Choice" and "Married," two insightful tales of the complex relationships of men and women; "Nigger Jeff," a powerful, disturbing story of a lynching; and "The Lost Phœbe," a poignant tale of a man's search for a lost life partner.

      Short Stories1994
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    • World's Classics: Sister Carrie

      • 466 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      Theodore Dreiser's first and perhaps most accessible novel, Sister Carrie is an epic of urban life - the story of an innocent heroine adrift in an indifferent city. When small-town girl Carrie Meeber sets out for Chicago, she is equipped with nothing but a few dollars, a certain unspoiled beauty and charm, and a pitiful lack of preparation for the complex moral choices she will face.

      World's Classics: Sister Carrie1991
    • Mentor Series: American Families

      28 Short Stories

      • 425 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      This stunning collection of 28 stories brings readers a literary portrait of the American family from 1894 to today. A collection of works that captures the essence of American families from living together and apart to loving and letting go.Regret / Kate Chopin --The lombardy poplar / Mary Wilkins Freeman --The widow's might / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --Old Rogaum and his Theresa / Theodore Dreiser --The sorrows of gin / John Cheever --I stand here ironing / Tillie Olsen --Simple and Counsin F.D. Roosevelt Brown / Langston Hughes --The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines --My Coney Island uncle / Harvey Swados --My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud --Final dwarf / Henry Roth --And Sarah laughed / Joanne Greenberg --Wedding day / Roberta Silman --The legacy of Beau Kremel / Stephen Wolf --Kiswana Brown / Gloria Naylor --Tuesdays / Mary Hedin --Afloat / Ann Beattie --Winterblossom garden / David Low --Old things / Bobbie Ann Mason --Starlight / Marian Thurm --The writer in the family / E.L. Doctorow --The rich brother / Tobias Wolff --My legacy / Don Zacharia --Violation / Mary Gordon --Appropriate affect / Sue Miller --What I did for love / Lynne Sharon Schwartz --Still of some use / John Updike --Elephant / Raymond Carver

      Mentor Series: American Families1989
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    • Theodore Dreiser's first and perhaps most accessible novel, Sister Carrie is an epic of urban life - the story of an innocent heroine adrift in an indifferent city. When small-town girl Carrie Meeber sets out for Chicago, she is equipped with nothing but a few dollars, a certain unspoiled beauty and charm, and a pitiful lack of preparation for the complex moral choices she will face.

      Sister Carrie : the unexpurgated edition1986
    • Svazek kratších vyprávěčských próz.Do povídek uložil mnoho zajímavého, co se již nevešlo do románů. Autor zde promítl do cizích osudů svou neukojitelnou touhu po osobním štěstí a svůj smutek nad zmarem a pomíjivosti touhy.

      Tajfun1969
    • Der Titan

      Trilogie der Begierde Band 2

      Der Titan1965
    • Stoik

      Knihovna klasiků. Spisy Theodora Dreisera. Svazek šestý

      Poslední díl cowperwoodovské trilogie autor nedokončil. Epilog byl napsán podle jeho rukopisných náčrtů. Hrdina románu, za nímž se skrývá skutečná postava amerického magnáta, odchází do Anglie, aby se svou obvyklou dravostí ovládl londýnskou podzemní dopravu. Autor si sice uvědomuje zhoubnost podnikatelova kořistnictví, avšak obdivuje i jeho živelnou dobyvačnost. Báseň Emily Brontëové přeložila Hana Žantovská.

      Stoik1964
    • The narrative centers on Peter, a uniquely compelling character who stands apart from the mundane intellectual landscape of America. His profound understanding of life and people, coupled with his spiritual and moral freedom, makes him a refreshing presence. The author portrays Peter as an oasis in a desert of dreariness, highlighting his distinctiveness and the depth of his character in contrast to those around him.

      Twelve Men1962
    • První část trilogie zachycující nejen román života a zbohatnutí, pádu i nového vzestupu geniálního finančníka, skutečné osobnosti, ale i finanční a politický svět Ameriky druhé poloviny minulého století, ovládaný nezřízenou touhou po penězích.

      Spisy Theodora Dreisera. Svazek čtvrtý1961
    • The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more. It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded with historic memories. Many of the things that we and he knew later were not then in existence-the telegraph, telephone, express company, ocean steamer, city delivery of mails. There were no postage-stamps or registered letters. The street car had not arrived. In its place were hosts of omnibuses, and for longer travel the slowly developing railroad system still largely connected by canals. Cowperwood's father was a bank clerk at the time of Frank's birth, but ten years later, when the boy was already beginning to turn a very sensible, vigorous eye on the world, Mr. Henry Worthington Cowperwood, because of the death of the bank's president and the consequent moving ahead of the other officers, fell heir to the place vacated by the promoted teller, at the, to him, munificent salary of thirty-five hundred dollars a year. At once he decided, as he told his wife joyously, to remove his family from 21 Buttonwood Street to 124 New Market Street, a much better neighborhood, where there was a nice brick house of three stories in height as opposed to their present two-storied domicile. There was the probability that some day they would come into something even better, but for the present this was sufficient. He was exceedingly grateful.

      The Financier1961
    • První část trilogie zachycující nejen román života a zbohatnutí, pádu i nového vzestupu geniálního finančníka, skutečné osobnosti, ale i finanční a politický svět Ameriky druhé poloviny minulého století, ovládaný nezřízenou touhou po penězích.

      Finančník1961
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    • První část trilogie zachycující nejen román života a zbohatnutí, pádu i nového vzestupu geniálního finančníka, skutečné osobnosti, ale i finanční a politický svět Ameriky druhé poloviny minulého století, ovládaný nezřízenou touhou po penězích.

      Finančník (Ocpl, 572 s.)1961
    • Čelný představitel amerického realismu a naturalismu zpodobuje v románové prvotině osud dívky, která na sklonku minulého století odchází za štěstím do amerického velkoměsta. V jeho víru svádí boj o existenci a nakonec se stává slavnou herečkou, ale úspěch i peníze jí nepřinášejí hledané štěstí. V kontrastujícím příběhu jejího někdejšího milence zobrazil autor sociální rozpory tehdejšího amerického velkoměstského života

      Sestřička Carrie1957
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    • Vrcholné dílo Dreiserovo, řadící se čestně vedle velkých obrazů amerického života, Dos Passosovy trilogie U. S. A. a Steinbeckových Hroznů hněvu. V tragickém příběhu mladého člověka, který v touze po bohatství a vynikajícím společenském postavení se neštítí ani vraždy, autor zachytil mnoho stránek amerického života a obžaloval společnost, která byla spoluvinna na hrdinově zoufalém pokusu vymanit se ze svého postavení.

      Americká tragedie I. a II.1955
    • Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age, the narrative follows Frank Cowperwood, a businessman who rises to wealth after exploiting the Panic of 1873. After relocating to Chicago with his young lover, he aggressively takes control of the city's transit system, showcasing his ambition and greed. However, as his past catches up with him, he faces social ostracism and personal turmoil, leading to a profound questioning of his values and ambitions. This tale of romance, betrayal, and societal critique remains a significant reflection on American life.

      The Titan1954
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    • Z díla největšího amerického pokrokového spisovatele 20. století, z něhož byly u nás často překládány pouze romány, vyšel výbor deseti povídek, jichž spisovatel napsal celkem 5 svazků a které H.Fast hodnotí jako "vrchol celé americké povídkářské tvorby našeho století vůbec". Dreiserovy příběhy spojuje ústřední myšlenka: ukázat, jak těžko se žije prostému člověku za kapitalistické společnosti, jak se musí rvát o holou existenci, jak je rdousena, znetvořována a ubíjena lidská individualita. Příběhy ukazují, kolik zmařených životů plodí kapitalismus, jak znemožňuje rozvoj nadání a schopností lidí, jak je stravuje neřešitelnými rozpory a problémy, z nichž není za tohoto společenského systému východiska.

      Americké osudy1952