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Title: The Financier
Author: Theodore Dreiser
Narrator: Brian Wright
Format: mp3
Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
Release date: 04-07-20
Ratings: 4.8 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Political
Publisher's Summary:
The Financier is the first volume of Theodore Dreiser’s novel Trilogy of Desire which also consists of "The Titan" and "The Stoic". The protagonist, Frank Algernon Cowperwood, is based on the real-life millionaire Charles Tyson Yerkes. In The Financier, Dreiser describes the early life of Cowperhood in Philadelphia, beginning with his first transaction in an auction at the age of 17. This is followed by his rapid rise with jobs at Henry Waterman & Company, and Tighe & Company, forming his own business and trading on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.