The Financier
Frank Cowperwood learns young that the world belongs to those bold enough to take it. Theodore Dreiser modeled his ruthless hero on the real streetcar magnate Charles Yerkes, tracing Cowperwood’s climb through the banks and brokerages of nineteenth-century Philadelphia. A gift for reading markets carries him from a boyhood soap deal to real power, until the Great Chicago Fire panics the exchanges and exposes his tangled use of city funds. The first book in Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire, it studies money, appetite, and the thin line between genius and fraud without flinching from either. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.
About the Author
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American writer and one of the strongest voices of literary naturalism. Drawing on journalism and real events, he built sprawling novels about ambition and social force, among them Sister Carrie, An American Tragedy, and the Cowperwood trilogy.
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The Financier (1912) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01 - Chapter 01 | 14:45 | |
| 2 | 02 - Chapter 02 | 18:30 | |
| 3 | 03 - Chapter 03 | 25:54 | |
| 4 | 04 - Chapter 04 | 14:50 | |
| 5 | 05 - Chapter 05 | 12:03 | |
| 6 | 06 - Chapter 06 | 23:43 | |
| 7 | 07 - Chapter 07 | 16:28 | |
| 8 | 08 - Chapter 08 | 11:05 | |
| 9 | 09 - Chapter 09 | 6:42 | |
| 10 | 10 - Chapter 10 | 23:03 | |
| 11 | 11 - Chapter 11 | 19:58 | |
| 12 | 12 - Chapter 12 | 19:15 | |
| 13 | 13 - Chapter 13 | 21:44 | |
| 14 | 14 - Chapter 14 | 30:26 | |
| 15 | 15 - Chapter 15 | 16:16 | |
| 16 | 16 - Chapter 16 | 15:56 | |
| 17 | 17 - Chapter 17 | 27:36 | |
| 18 | 18 - Chapter 18 | 19:08 | |
| 19 | 19 - Chapter 19 | 13:39 | |
| 20 | 20 - Chapter 20 | 17:01 | |
| 21 | 21 - Chapter 21 | 27:35 | |
| 22 | 22 - Chapter 22 | 24:54 | |
| 23 | 23 - Chapter 23 | 33:13 | |
| 24 | 24 - Chapter 24 | 11:19 | |
| 25 | 25 - Chapter 25 | 1:05:40 | |
| 26 | 26 - Chapter 26 | 28:42 | |
| 27 | 27 - Chapter 27 | 21:30 | |
| 28 | 28 - Chapter 28 | 17:23 | |
| 29 | 29 - Chapter 29 | 17:26 | |
| 30 | 30 - Chapter 30 | 14:30 | |
| 31 | 31 - Chapter 31 | 10:29 | |
| 32 | 32 - Chapter 32 | 20:01 | |
| 33 | 33 - Chapter 33 | 28:28 | |
| 34 | 34 - Chapter 34 | 19:55 | |
| 35 | 35 - Chapter 35 | 21:40 | |
| 36 | 36 - Chapter 36 | 30:55 | |
| 37 | 37 - Chapter 37 | 26:42 | |
| 38 | 38 - Chapter 38 | 29:03 | |
| 39 | 39 - Chapter 39 | 16:53 | |
| 40 | 40 - Chapter 40 | 16:17 | |
| 41 | 41 - Chapter 41 | 23:46 | |
| 42 | 42 - Chapter 42 | 20:21 | |
| 43 | 43 - Chapter 43 | 49:04 | |
| 44 | 44 - Chapter 44 | 21:32 | |
| 45 | 45 - Chapter 45 | 11:23 | |
| 46 | 46 - Chapter 46 | 29:15 | |
| 47 | 47 - Chapter 47 | 16:28 | |
| 48 | 48 - Chapter 48 | 18:21 | |
| 49 | 49 - Chapter 49 | 18:19 | |
| 50 | 50 - Chapter 50 | 13:28 | |
| 51 | 51 - Chapter 51 | 6:57 | |
| 52 | 52 - Chapter 52 | 27:15 | |
| 53 | 53 - Chapter 53 | 43:00 | |
| 54 | 54 - Chapter 54 | 32:01 | |
| 55 | 55 - Chapter 55 | 26:15 | |
| 56 | 56 - Chapter 56 | 23:54 | |
| 57 | 57 - Chapter 57 | 23:56 | |
| 58 | 58 - Chapter 58 | 23:09 | |
| 59 | 59 - Chapter 59 | 22:19 | |
| 60 | 60 - Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci | 4:46 | |
| 61 | 61 - The Magic Crystal | 3:06 |
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