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Theodore Dreiser

The Titan

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform July 5, 2018)
The Titan is a novel by an American writer Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser. It is the second part in the Trilogy of Desire (The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic) that describes the life of Frank Cowperwood. In The Titan by Theodore Dreiser the events after the period in Philadelphia are shown (The Financier). After being released from prison and having done succesuful investements during the stocks panic, Cowperwood becomes a millionaire again and decides to continue his activity in Chicago. He creates new gas companies by bribing representatives of the town council. Then he interferes into the public transport sphere that increases greatly his assets and makes him one of the wealthiest people in the town. Following the same creed of selfishness that guided him to his first fortune, Cowperwood leaves Philadelphia for Chicago and gives up financial speculation to pursue a new frontier. Though he soon rediscovers wealth in stock investment, he remains hounded by scandal as he maneuvers to take control of the Chicago railway system. Through double-dealing, divorce, infidelity, and social disgrace, America’s most corrupt man continues his lifelong pursuit of self-satisfaction.
ISBN
1722281782 / 9781722281786
Pages
154
Weight
16.0 oz.
Dimensions
8.5 x 0.4 in.

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