Dreiser, Theodore. The Financier. Cleveland / New York, The World Publishing Company, 1940. 13.5 x 21cm. 503 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Originally published in 1912, The Financier is the first volume of the Trilogy of Desire, which includes The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947). It tells the story of Frank Cowperwood, whose father is a banker, and who makes his first money when, passing by an auction sale, he successfully bids for seven cases of Castile soap, which he sells to a grocer the same day with a profit of over 70 percent. Later, he gets a job in Henry Waterman & Company, and leaves it for Tighe & Company. He also marries an affluent widow, in spite of his young age. Over the years, he starts misusing municipal funds with the aid of the City Treasurer. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire redounds to a stock market crash, prompting him to be bankrupt and exposed.

• Keywords: Literature · Modern Literature
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 100122AB

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