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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I couldn't find a general fiction thread. It's late, I'm tired, and I don't feel like creating a general fiction thread for September. This thread will have to do.
Got this in an email. I live in the United States, I don't know if the offer is good elsewhere.
Rosetta Books is offering the ebook An American Tragedy for free. I assume that it is the book described at http://www.amazon.com/American-Trage...erican+tragedy (this is not where you get the free book, keep reading).
I don't know from personal knowledge if this book is any good or not--I know almost nothing about modern fiction. But the Amazon page says that it has a rating of 4 1/2 stars. That's out of 195 reviews. So, I figure that it must be good.
I don't have a smartphone so as to test this out, but Rosetta says that you can download the ebook "in the RosettaBook app" at one of the following places:
In the (Apple) App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rose...33447%3Fmt%3D8.
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...2e0391be5fd11c.
At (Barnes & Noble) Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rose...D2940147180440.
In Samsung Apps: http://apps.samsung.com/mars/topApps...e=RosettaBooks.
It looks like the above URLs might just give the apps and not the book itself--again, I don't have a smartphone, so I can't test it out. If so, check Rosetta's website ( http://www.rosettabooks.com). I notice that there is a thumbnail of the book cover, that is "clickable," about 3/4 of the way down the page. If this doesn't get you to the free book, try doing a search for "Banned Books Week."
This giveaway might be ending on Sept. 28. |
I'm a fan of Theodore Dreiser and collect his books in hardback.
I read this back when I was in my 20s.
Dreiser is an important American writer, but his style is very clunky. He's a very 'wordy' writer and goes into great detail, but this is an aspect of his writing that I enjoy.
His first novel, "Sister Carrie," was banned for a short time (if my meory is correct) due to a moral controversy at that time.
This is in the public domain and is available at a number of places, I would imagine.
Thanks for mentioning this title.
