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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
^ I haven't seen the film, but I highly recommend the book and just about anything by Theodore Dreiser.
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Well hey,
The Titan (book 2 of his Trilogy of Desire) is going for $1.99 over at Amazon.
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Theodore Dreiser’s absorbing Trilogy of Desire weaves a tale of twentieth-century American capitalism through the rise and fall of aspiring mogul, Frank Cowperwood.
Finally released from prison, Frank immediately dives back into the stock market after the Panic of 1873, aiming to recover his lost fortune, and become a millionaire once more. This time, he has a new plan and sets out for Chicago with his mistress, Aileen. Using his brutal business sense to snuff out his opponents Frank has his eyes on the city’s street-railway system as his ticket back to the top.
But as Frank knows, the past cannot remain buried forever, and it’s only a matter of time before his previous misdeeds come back to find him in his new home, threatening his stability—and more importantly, his money.
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There seems to be several cheap editions of the first two books in the trilogy (The Financier and The Titan). But only Rosetta has the final book (The Stoic). I guess it is still under copyright?