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Book 1. The Financier

The Financier (1912) is the first novel of the cycle "The Desire Trilogy" by the outstanding American writer Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), which is based on the life story of the American millionaire Charles Yerkes.

The main character of the novel, Frank Coverwood, starts trading at school, and as an adult, he turns to stock market speculation. And although he is tried for breaking the law and goes to prison, the hero does not feel guilty at all.

On his release from prison, he uses his chance to make a lot of money during the banking crisis. Now he feels like a real winner.

Book 2. The Stoic

Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was a famous American writer and public figure whose works have been admired by readers around the world for more than a hundred years. "The Stoic (1947) is the third and final novel of the legendary Trilogy of Desire, a large-scale story about the dizzying career of a financier based on the life story of American millionaire Charles Yerkes.

Frank Cowperwood, a brilliant entrepreneur with an unerring business sense, after trying all the possibilities of getting rich in the West, decides to go to England to develop the London Underground. Having become a powerful businessman, Frank accepts temporary business defeats and blows of fate with stoic calm, remaining at the top of the financial Olympus... But he also faces the downside of success. What does a man have left when "millions disappear like smoke"?