Project Gutenberg 2006-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 1300 Dreiser, Theodore 1871 1945 The Financier: A Novel Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Financier 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.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Psychological fiction Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 1189792 2025-08-01T11:14:20.851752 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 581733 2025-08-01T11:14:33.033660 application/epub+zip 584766 2025-08-01T11:14:23.645707 application/epub+zip 584766 2025-08-01T11:14:22.082724 application/epub+zip 905766 2025-08-01T11:14:41.157626 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 853813 2025-08-01T11:14:32.204643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 796570 2022-09-01T12:33:26.648987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1153576 2025-08-01T11:14:19.861703 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 20384 2025-08-01T11:14:41.316605 application/rdf+xml 13463 2025-08-01T11:14:22.625680 image/jpeg 3850 2025-08-01T11:14:22.341680 image/jpeg 498832 2025-08-01T11:14:20.971696 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia