# An American tragedy, v. 2 Author: Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75182 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=An+American+tragedy%2C+v.+2+Dreiser&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Opposing views such as these, especially where no real skill to meet such a situation existed, could only spell greater difficulty and even eventual disaster unless chance in some form should aid. And chance did not aid. And the presence of Roberta in the factory was something that would not permit him to dismiss it from his mind. If only he could persuade her to leave and go somewhere else to live and work so that he should not always see her, he might then think more calmly. For with her asking continuously, by her presence if no more, what he intended to do, it was impossible for him to think. And the fact that he no longer cared for her as he had, tended to reduce his normal considera... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/11/index.md) - [VOLUME TWO](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-american-tragedy-v-2-75182/chapters/1/index.md)