The Financier av Theodore Dreiser

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<p><I>The Financier</I> (1912) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. The first installment of Dreiser¿s <I>Trilogy of Desire</I>, <I>The Financier</I> has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful example of social critique over a century after its publication. Followed by <I>The Titan</I> (1914) and <I>The Stoic</I> (1947), <I>The Financier</I> captures the greed at the heart of the Gilded Age, a time when tycoons rose with total impunity to take over swaths of American industry. Based on the life of Charles Yerkes, an influential businessman who funded the development of railway systems in Chicago and London, <I>The Financier</I> is a masterpiece of twentieth century American literature that continues to resonate today. Born the son of a banker, Frank Cowperhood comes of age in a rapidly changing Philadelphia. Determined to make something at himself, he discovers his talent for purchasing goods at a low price in order to sell them for a profit to local stores. Event