Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2006-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 1119 Dreiser, Theodore 1871 1945 The Financier: A Novel Produced by Kirk Pearson and David Widger "The Financier: A Novel" by Theodore Dreiser is a fictional work written during the late 19th century. The narrative introduces Frank Algernon Cowperwood, a young and ambitious man growing up in Philadelphia amidst a rapidly evolving financial landscape. The novel explores themes of ambition, the quest for wealth, societal dynamics, and the moral ambiguities that accompany the pursuit of success in a burgeoning capitalist society. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the Cowperwood family, particularly young Frank, who exhibits a keen interest in finance and economics from an early age. The opening chapters detail his upbringing in a middle-class household, his father's aspirations in banking, and Frank's early observations of life and business, including a formative incident involving a lobster and a squid that metaphorically lays the groundwork for his understanding of predatory relationships in the financial world. As Frank grows, his intelligence, determination, and natural leadership qualities become apparent, setting the stage for his eventual foray into the world of finance and his complex interactions with various characters who will shape his destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Psychological fiction Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Fiction 1189647 1190083 2024-09-01T11:09:43.633050 2023-10-01T10:07:56.873403 text/html text/html 1230060 2019-12-01T13:23:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 431272 2019-12-03T16:47:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 560414 2024-09-01T11:09:55.685823 application/epub+zip 563692 2024-09-01T11:09:45.585889 application/epub+zip 563692 2024-09-01T11:09:44.542851 application/epub+zip 859639 2024-09-01T11:10:04.557761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 807576 2024-09-01T11:09:54.966824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 796570 2022-09-01T12:33:26.648987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1134179 1134155 2024-09-01T11:09:42.417869 2023-10-01T10:07:55.717394 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1153597 2020-06-21T05:31:57 text/plain; charset=utf-8 424538 2020-06-21T05:31:57 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1133998 2014-11-25T10:20:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 421648 2014-11-25T10:20:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20253 2024-09-01T11:10:04.728740 application/rdf+xml 13585 2024-09-01T11:09:44.912858 image/jpeg 3857 2024-09-01T11:09:44.723855 image/jpeg 478812 2024-09-01T11:09:43.733857 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia