Author : Theodore Dreiser
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 802724336X
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Book Synopsis THE FINANCIER by : Theodore Dreiser
Download or read book THE FINANCIER written by Theodore Dreiser and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. In Philadelphia, Frank Cowperwood, whose father is a banker, makes his first money passing by an auction sale, he successfully bids for seven cases of Castile soap, which he sells to a grocer the same day with a profit of over 70 percent. Frank marries an affluent widow, in spite of his young age, and starts moving up the financial ladder, misusing municipal funds with the aid of the City Treasurer. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire redounds to a stock market crash, prompting him to be bankrupt and exposed. Although he attempts to browbeat his way out of being sentenced to jail by intimidating certain people, politicians from the Republican Party use their influence to use him as a scapegoat for their own corrupt practices.