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It was at a modest evening reception I happened to be giving to a new poet of renown that the idea of the holiday was first conceived. I had not seen Franklin, subsequent companion of this pilgrimage, in all of eight or nine months, his work calling him in one direction, mine in another. He is an illustrator of repute, a master of pen and ink, what you would call a really successful artist. He has a studio in New York, another in Indiana—his home town—a car, a chauffeur, and so on. I first...

This carefully crafted ebook: "THEODORE DREISER – Ultimate Collection: 7 Novels & 12 Short Stories, With Essays & Biographical Works" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: Novels: Sister Carrie Jennie Gerhardt The Financier The Titan The "Genius" An American Tragedy The Stoic Short Stories: Free McEwen of the Shining Slave Makers Nigger Jeff The Lost Phoebe The Second Choice A Story of Stories Old Rogaum and His Theresa Will You ...

While working as a freelance journalist, Theodore Dreiser wrote his first novel, "Sister Carrie" (1900). This naturalist novel was considered groundbreaking at its inception, and even scandalous as it became well known. Dreiser faced challenges getting it published, with the subject matter considered racy for readers. Despite this initial struggle, "Sister Carrie" is considered Dreiser's most prolific work.Carrie Meeber, the main character, is a young woman from a small town in the...

Cowperwood, still married to his estranged wife Aileen, lives with Berenice. He decides to move to London, England, where he intends to take over and develop the underground railway system. Berenice becomes close to Earl Stane, while Frank has an affair with Lorna Maris, a relative of his. Meanwhile, he tries to fix Aileen up with Tollifer, but she becomes enraged when she finds out it was a ruse. Finally, Cowperwood dies of Bright's disease. His inheritance is squandered in lawsuits. Aile...

And the tall walls of the commercial heart of an American city of perhaps 400,000 inhabitants—such walls as in time may linger as a mere fable. And up the broad street, now comparatively hushed, a little band of six,—a man of about fifty, short, stout, with bushy hair protruding from under a round black felt hat, a most unimportant-looking person, who carried a small portable organ such as is customarily used by street preachers and singers. And with him a woman perhaps five years his juni...

When success is everything, how far will one man go to have it all? Born into poverty and yearning for something more, Clyde Griffiths is a young man consumed by ambition. When he lands a job at a prestigious company and meets the beautiful, high-society Sondra Finchley, he believes he's finally found his path to wealth and status. But there's one problem: Roberta, the factory girl he left behind… and her inconvenient pregnancy. As desperation builds and choices turn deadly, An American Tr...

Art and Ambition: The novel explores the nature of artistic talent and the sacrifices one must make to pursue creative endeavors. Eugene's relentless pursuit of artistic greatness drives much of the narrative.Societal Norms and Conformity: Dreiser critiques the rigid social expectations of late 19th-century America, particularly regarding morality, success, and the role of the artist in society.Individuality and Integrity: Eugene's struggle to maintain his artistic integrity in the face of...

The Titan by Theodore Dreiser is the second installment in the Trilogy of Desire, continuing the gripping saga of Frank Cowperwood, a complex and ambitious financier whose relentless pursuit of power and wealth drives the narrative. Picking up where *The Financier* left off, the novel follows Cowperwood as he relocates to Chicago after his fall from grace in Philadelphia, determined to rebuild his empire and assert his dominance in the world of business and finance. Set in the late 19th ce...

"The Financier" is a novel by Theodore Dreiser published in 1912 It is the first book of an epic series called the Trilogy of Desire, based on the life of Charles T. Yerkes, an American transportation magnate. The other two volumes are "The Titan" (1914) and "The Stoic", which was completed by Dreiser’s wife after his death and published posthumously in 1947."The Financier" begins the saga of Frank Algernon Cowperwood. Driven, vital, and unscrupulous, he sees himself bound...

“Who were these people with money, and what had they done that they should enjoy so much luxury, where others as good seemingly as themselves had nothing? And wherein did these latter differ so greatly from the successful?”Raised poor in a religious household, Clyde Griffiths takes on menial jobs to help his family. In the city he falls in with a wild crowd, and soon finds himself running away from the police. Starting over in New York, he’s promoted to supervisor of his uncle’s fa...

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