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Theodore Dreiser

Imclaim Books LLC
2019
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Russian Edition. The Financier is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, based on real-life streetcar tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes. Dreiser started writing his manuscript in 1911, and the following year published the first part of his lengthy work as The Financier. The second part appeared in 1914 as The Titan; the third volume of his Trilogy of Desire was also Dreiser's final novel, The Stoic in 1947. Американский исторический триллер «Финансист - это роман Теодора Драйзера, основанный на реальной истории транспортного магната Чарльза Тайсона Йеркса. Произведение повествует о первых шагах и становлении бизнеса финансового воротилы, промышленника и авантюриста Фрэнка Каупервуда. Начав с безобидных мелких биржевых спекуляций, Каупервуд постепенно расширяет бизнес, формирует инвестиционный капитал и вкладывается в коммерческий подкуп чиновников муниципалитета, чтобы незаконно получать городские транспортные концессии в Филадельфии. Драйзер начал писать свою рукопись в 1911 году, а в следующем году опубликовал первую часть «Трилогии желания под названием «Финансист . Вторая часть появилась в 1914 году с названием «Титан ; третьим томом был роман «Стоик (1947), ставший также последним произведением Драйзера. Три романа Драйзера о Каупервуде составляют так называемую «Трилогию желаний . Странное, казалось бы, название для истории жизни «героя капиталистического труда . Но именно желания, вернее их неистовая жажда, будет источником всех радостей и бед Фрэнка. Деньги - страсть, которая всегда была у него на первом месте. Искусство - его вторая страсть. Но все это меркнет по сравнению с третьей страстью Фрэнка - женщинами. Будучи человеком страстным и темпераментным, Фрэнк довольно рано связал себя узами брака. Его избранницей стала вдова, еще юная, но все же старше самого Фрэнка. Затем, как это обычно бывает, любовь, когда-то пылкая и неистовая, начала постепенно гаснуть, что сподвигнет его сделать одну из самых больших глупостей в своей жизни. Продолжение «Трилогии желан&#
An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

Classic Wisdom Reprint
2021
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The author based the book on a notorious criminal case. On July 11, 1906, resort owners found an overturned boat and the body of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Chester Gillette was put on trial, and convicted of killing Brown, though he claimed that her death was a suicide. Gillette was executed by the electric chair on March 30, 1908. The murder trial drew international attention when Brown's love letters to Gillette were read in court. Dreiser saved newspaper clippings about the case for several years before writing his novel, during which he studied the case closely. He based Clyde Griffiths on Chester Gillette, deliberately giving him the same initials.This novel is full of symbolism, ranging from Clyde's grotesque description of the high gloomy walls of the factory as an opportunity for success, symbolizing how it is all a mirage, to the description of girls as "electrifying" to foreshadow Clyde's destination to the electric chair; Dreiser transforms everyday mundane objects to symbols.Dreiser sustains readers' interest in the lengthy novel (over 700 pages) by the accumulation of detail, and by continually varying the "emotional distance" of his writing from Clyde and other characters, from detailed examination of their thoughts and motivations to dispassionate reportage.
The Financier

The Financier

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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At a young age, Frank Cowperwood becomes interested in only one thing-making money. When he is still in his teens, he makes his first successful business transaction: Passing by an auction sale, he successfully bids for a lot of Java coffee, which he sells to a grocer at a profit of 100 percent. His family marvels at Frank's ability, and his wealthy uncle, Seneca Davis, encourages him to go into business as soon as possible. Through several well-paying positions and shrewd speculation, Frank acquires enough money to open his own brokerage house. Within a short time, he is one of the most enterprising and successful young financiers in Philadelphia.
Jennie Gerhardt

Jennie Gerhardt

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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Dreiser's second novel, Jennie Gerhardt, is often considered his most popular, having sold more than five thousand copies in its first six months. Not only does the author show his characters through their own dialogue (rather than relying on description and narration), he also injects a bit of realistic humor in the "baby talk" conversations between a toddler and her grandfather. Moreover, he presents a heroine whose sexual liaisons stem not from a longing for possessions but from a sense of family responsibility. Because Jennie's father is an unemployed glassblower with six children, Jennie helps out by doing the laundry of George Brander, a senator who resides at a fashionable hotel. Having taken a fancy to Jennie, Brander tells her that if ever she or her family are in need, he will help. Thus, when Jennie's brother gets into trouble with the law, Brander gives Jennie the ten dollars bail that her parents cannot afford. In her relief and gratitude, Jennie yields herself to him completely.
The Titan

The Titan

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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When he is released from a Pennsylvania prison in the 1870's, Frank Algernon Cowperwood is a millionaire but not very young. He goes to Chicago to begin a new life with his mistress, Aileen Butler, and within a short time has made friends among influential businessmen there. Divorced by his first wife, Cowperwood finally marries Aileen. He prepares to increase his fortune, to become a power in the city, and to conquer its society. To this end, he seeks an enterprise that will yield heavy returns on his investment quickly. In his first battle among the financial barons of Chicago, he gains control of the gas companies.
The "Genius"

The "Genius"

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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The "Genius" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Theodore Dreiser, first published in 1915. It concerns Eugene Witla, a talented painter of strong sexual desires who grapples with his commitment to his art and the force of his erotic needs. The book sold 8,000 copies in the months immediately following publication but encountered legal difficulties when it was declared potentially obscene. Dreiser's publisher was nervous about continuing publication and recalled the book from bookstores, and the novel did not receive broad distribution until 1923. When The "Genius" was reissued by a different publisher, the firm of Horace Liveright, it immediately sold more than 40,000 copies.
Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress.
The Genius

The Genius

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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Theodore Dreiser heavily invested himself in The Genius, an autobiographical novel first published in 1915. Thoroughly immersed in the turn-of-the-century art scene, The Genius explores the multiple conflicts between art and business, art and marriage, and between traditional and modern views of sexual morality. Despite heavy editing, The Genius was deemed so shocking that its sale was immediately prohibited by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.
Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
nidottu
Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress.
The Titan

The Titan

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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The Titan is a novel written by Theodore Dreiser in 1914. It is Dreiser's sequel to The Financier. Cowperwood moves to Chicago with his new wife Aileen. He decides to take over the street-railway system.
The Financier

The Financier

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Published in 1912, The Financier, a novel by Theodore Dreiser, is the first volume of the Trilogy of Desire, which includes The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947).
The Titan

The Titan

Theodore Dreiser

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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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 must begin again. It would be useless to repeat how a second panic following upon a tremendous failure-that of Jay Cooke & Co.-had placed a second fortune in his hands. This restored wealth softened him in some degree. Fate seemed to have his personal welfare in charge. He was sick of the stock-exchange, anyhow, as a means of livelihood, and now decided that he would leave it once and for all. He would get in something else-street-railways, land deals, some of the boundless opportunities of the far West. Philadelphia was no longer pleasing to him. Though now free and rich, he was still a scandal to the pretenders, and the financial and social world was not prepared to accept him. He must go his way alone, unaided, or only secretly so, while his quondam friends watched his career from afar. So, thinking of this, he took the train one day, his charming mistress, now only twenty-six, coming to the station to see him off.