as a musical of the same title by three-time Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Charles Strouse. It premiered at Muhlenberg College, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on March 24, 2010. In Cuba, the novel has been adapted and broadcast by Radio Progreso national broadcasting twice: in 1977 and 2001. The first of the versions starred such renowned actors as Raul Selis (as Clyde), Martha del Rio (Roberta), Miriam Mier (Sondra), Julio Alberto Casanova (Gilbert), and Maggie Castro (Bertine). Jennifer Donnelly's 2003 young adult novel, A Northern Light, recounts the events from the narrative viewpoint of a young woman working at the local camp. In 2021, the classic crime novel was re-imagined in the form of a fictional investigative docuseries in The Anatomy of Desire by L. R. Dorn, the pen name of screenwriting team Matt Dorff and Suzanne Dunn. Reception Awards In 2005, the book was placed on Time magazine's list of the top 100 novels written in English since 1923. Controversy In 1927, the book was banned in Boston, Massachusetts due to sexual content, abortion, and murder. In 1933, it was burned by Nazis in Germany because it "deals with low love affairs". References Further reading An American Tragedy: A Study Guide Theodore Dreiser: An American Tragedy The Library of America. Accessed on October 28, 2005. "Double Exposure", an article about differences between the two film versions of An American Tragedy, in Opera News, December 2005, pp. 24-31. External links 1925 American novels American novels adapted into films Boni & Liveright books Novels by Theodore Dreiser Novels set in Kansas Novels set in New York (state) Novels adapted into operas Roman à clef novels