The Financier - Penguin Classics Author:Theodore Dreiser A defiant critique of American capitalism — A MASTER OF GRITTY NATURALISM, Theodore Dreiser explores the corruption of the American dream in The Financier. Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals... more » and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall come to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities�a struggle for spoils without conscience or pity. Dreiser�s 1912 classic remains an unsparing social critique as well as a devastating character study of one of the most unforgettable American businessmen in twentieth-century literature.« less
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