What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I am looking for a book that I believe the title is American History. It's about a poor boy who gets another poor girl pregnant, and ends up drowning her because a rich girl he has always had a crush on starts showing him attention.

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser?

Definitely An American Tragedy.

That sounds awful - I must read it.

Good book. Long. Set aside a few weeks...

I read Dreiser's Sister Carrie in high school. Depressing.

Caroline, can you confirm that is your book?

That sounds just like the movie "A Place in the Sun" with Montgomery Cliff and Elizabeth Taylor -- which IMDB says is based on An American Tragedy.

Kris wrote: "That sounds just like the movie "A Place in the Sun" with Montgomery Cliff and Elizabeth Taylor -- which IMDB says is based on An American Tragedy."

Yes. I saw that movie in college for a class on literature.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Caroline, can you confirm that is your book?"

The OP hasn't responded but this is definitely the right book. Moving to Solved.