The Financier [Paperback]

Theodore Dreiser (Author)

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Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: Digireads.com (January 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420932772
ISBN-13: 978-1420932775
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Shipping Weight: 458 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,621,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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An unflinching examination of the corrupted American dream, "The Financier" tells a story revolving around a fiercely dishonest and motivated businessman, Frank Cowperwood. This protagonist relentlessly maneuvers for wealth without scruples or compassion, first marrying an affluent widow, then embezzling funds. When stock markets crash, his lies are exposed, and he is used as a scapegoat for the corruption of others. Both a betrayer and the betrayed, the brutal reality of his later success after rising and falling into jail is the embodiment of greed in the American success story. Dreiser relates this 1912 tale, the first volume of his 'Trilogy of Desire', with a masterful use of naturalism that provides an unapologetic social critique through the character of Frank, an overwhelming and even haunting American businessman.

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THE Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more. Read the first page

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