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The Titan
by Dreiser, Theodore
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Top edge of book pages are burgundy. Owner's name & date aquired Christmas, 1946 on front end page. NO Dust Jacket. Cover has several small paint droplets. Spine bends forward. Wear to edges of spine & corners. One page creased & top edge worn towards back of book. Also has some pen marks last few pages. A few notes are in pencil back end page. First Printing for this publisher.
Synopsis
Frank Algernon Cowperwood, the central character of Theodore Dreiser's previous work "The Financier," is now out of the Eastern District Penitentiary of Philadelphia. He still has his mistress and his fortune, plans to divorce his wife, and leaves for Chicago to scout its possibilities for a future home. He has letters of introduction to the most influential people--a bank president named Mr. Addison, for a start. Cowperwood is presented to others--lawyers, businessmen, and judges. At this beginning not one of them knew he had been incarcerated, and he wondered if that knowledge would affect their attitude towards him. He finally confesses his recent history to Addison and decides to establish his new company in Chicago. He carefully and thoroughly scrutinizes the conditions for establishing a wealth that would be envied by powerful men and selfish women. "The magnetizing power of fame is great." As Cowperwood climbs the glorified mountain and sets out to ultimately conquer this new world, his past foibles overcome him again--his desire for beautiful women, his acquisition of unbelievable wealth, his need to be accepted and understood and revered. His genius for social and financial manipulations fails him in politics. The ending is a philosophical overview of what has happened and what can happen to a man with a restless heart.Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksnvintage
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio482
- Title
- The Titan
- Author
- Dreiser, Theodore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, no dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First THUS, States First Printing October, 1946 (prev. 1914)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The World Pub Co.
- Place of Publication
- OH
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dresier# Titan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
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Winfield, Illinois
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