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When Frank Algernon Cowperwood emerged from the Eastern District Penitentiary in Philadelphia he realized that the old life he had lived in that city since boyhood was ended. His youth was gone, and with it had been lost the great business prospects of his earlier manhood. He... Read Full Overview

A classic novel in which a turn of the century financier tries to use his power and influence to force his will on a city by bribery and coertion. He is unable to love, however, and enters a series of failed relaionships.

The Titan (1914) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. The second installment of Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, The Financier has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful example of social critique over a century after its publication... Read Full Overview

In "The Titan," Theodore Dreiser intricately explores the tumultuous rise of an ambitious protagonist, Frank Cowperwood, whose relentless pursuit of wealth mirrors the paradox of the American Dream. Written in Dreiser's hallmark naturalistic style, the novel paints a vivid tableau... Read Full Overview

When Frank Algernon Cowperwood emerged from the Eastern District Penitentiary in Philadelphia he realized that the old life he had lived in that city since boyhood was ended. His youth was gone, and with it had been lost the great business prospects of his earlier manhood. He... Read Full Overview

The Titan is a novel written by Theodore Dreiser in 1914. It is Dreiser's sequel to The Financier , and continues the saga of the ups and downs in the life of Frank Cowperwood.

A businessman leaves prison and heads to Chicago to regain his fortune--but his past follows close behind him--in this absorbing historical epic.

The Titan is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, completed in 1914 as a sequel to his 1912 novel The Financier. Both books were originally a single manuscript, but the narrative's length required splitting it into two separate novels. Dreiser's manuscript of The Titan was rejected... Read Full Overview

Frank Algernon Cowperwood, the central character of Theodore Dreiser's previous work "The Financier," is now out of the Eastern District Penitentiary of Philadelphia. He still has his mistress and his fortune, plans to divorce his wife, and leaves for Chicago to scout its possibilities... Read Full Overview

Frank Algernon Cowperwood, the central character of Theodore Dreiser's previous work "The Financier," is now out of the Eastern District Penitentiary of Philadelphia. He still has his mistress and his fortune, plans to divorce his wife, and leaves for Chicago to scout its possibilities... Read Full Overview

The Titan is a novel written by Theodore Dreiser, published in 1914. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young man named Frank Cowperwood, who is a successful businessman and financier. Cowperwood is ambitious and determined to achieve great wealth... Read Full Overview

Sometime after being released from prison, Frank invests in stocks subsequent to the Panic of 1873, and becomes a millionaire again. He decides to move out of Philadelphia and start a new life in the West. He moves to Chicago with Aileen and his attorney is finally able to persuade... Read Full Overview

In The Titan, Theodore Dreiser explores the ambitious and determined character of Algernon Cowperwood, a financier navigating the complex and evolving social and economic landscape of post-prison Chicago. The novel delves into Cowperwood's relentless pursuit of wealth and power... Read Full Overview