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Trilogy of Desire #1
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醿儨醿濁儜醿樶儦醿� 醿愥儧醿斸儬醿樶儥醿斸儦醿� 醿涐儸醿斸儬醿氠儤醿� 醿椺償醿濁儞醿濁儬 醿撫儬醿愥儤醿栣償醿犪儤醿� 醿犪儩醿涐儛醿溼儤 "醿め儤醿溼儛醿溼儭醿樶儭醿⑨儤" "醿♂儯醿犪儠醿樶儦醿樶儭 醿⑨儬醿樶儦醿濁儝醿樶儤醿�" 醿炨儤醿犪儠醿斸儦醿� 醿溼儛醿儤醿氠儤醿�. 醿樶儝醿� 1912 醿償醿氠儭 醿撫儛醿樶儜醿斸儹醿撫儛. 醿⑨儬醿樶儦醿濁儝醿樶儤醿� 醿涐償醿濁儬醿� 醿溼儛醿儤醿氠儤 "醿⑨儤醿⑨儛醿溼儤" 醿掅儛醿涐儩醿曖儤醿撫儛 1914 醿償醿氠儭, 醿儩醿氠儩 醿涐償醿♂儛醿涐償 醿溼儛醿儤醿氠儤 - "醿♂儮醿濁儤醿欋儩醿♂儤" - 醿涐儺醿濁儦醿濁儞 1947 醿償醿氠儭, 醿涐儸醿斸儬醿氠儤醿� 醿掅儛醿犪儞醿愥儶醿曖儛醿氠償醿戓儤醿� 醿ㄡ償醿涐儞醿斸儝.
552 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1912
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Theodore Dreiser
481听books894听followersNaturalistic novels of American writer and editor Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser portray life as a struggle against ungovernable forces. Value of his portrayed characters lies in their persistence against all obstacles, not their moral code, and literary situations more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency; this American novelist and journalist so pioneered the naturalist school.
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June 10, 2023
Photo of Theodore Dreiser around the time he wrote The Financier
鈥淚n short, he was one of those early, daring manipulators who later were to seize upon other and even larger phases of American natural development for their own aggrandizement.鈥� Thus speaketh Dreiser on his main character.
If there was ever a novel spotlighting American character, this is it. Theodore Dreiser goes right to the heart of the heart of American business and industry with this novel featuring Frank Cowperwood, a man who is a financial genius and leader by instinct and by nature. In this first of the Cowperwood trilogy, the author sets his tale in 19th century horse-and-buggy Philadelphia. Reading this novel is one memorable experience: it is as if you are right there in Philadelphia with Cowperwood and all the other men and women, walking the streets, sitting in on business meetings, living the cycle of work-a-day everyday life.
What does it take to grow up to be a captain of industry, to amass fortune and wealth beyond measure, to be a titan among men? Here is how Dreiser describes his main character, 鈥淔rank Cowperwood, even at ten, was a natural-born leader. . . . he was looked upon as one whose common sense could unquestionably be trusted in all cases. He was a sturdy youth, courageous and defiant. . . From the very start of life, he wanted to know about economics and politics. He cared nothing for books.鈥� I mention 鈥榗ared nothing for books鈥� since anybody reading this review presumably is, like myself, a reader of books. Well, that鈥檚 what separates bookworms like us from Mr. Frank 鈥� we enjoy curling up with a good book far from the maddening crowd; Frank enjoys being at the center of the maddening crowd, giving exacting orders a mile a minute and making money, lots of money.
Dreiser writes how as a boy Frank wondered how life was organized and found his answer watching the drama in a merchant鈥檚 fish tank, a drama taking place over the course of several days, that of a lobster hunting and finally killing and eating a squid. This incident made a profound impression on young Frank. He finally understood how life works: life feeds on life, one animal feeds on another animal, men feed on other men. The animals and men who are the best equipped and the strongest will win. This raw-boned naturalism and what would come to be known as Social Darwinism would remain Frank Cowperwood鈥檚 unswerving view of life.
Although Cowperwood is a financial wizard, a man who masters the world of money and the game of influencing people the way those top Castilians in Hermann Hesse鈥檚 鈥楾he Glass Bead Game鈥� master their game of mathematical-musical metaphysics, his life expands in other ways, particularly in his appreciation of visual beauty, the beauty of women and the beauty of art. Here are the author鈥檚 words on Cowperwood鈥檚 collecting art objects in his new home: 鈥淗e foresaw a home which would be chaste, soothing, and delightful to look upon. If he hung pictures, gilt frames were to be the setting large and deep: and if he wished a picture-gallery, the library could be converted into that, and the general living-room, which lay between the library and the parlor on the second-floor, could be turned into a combination library and living-room.鈥�
Back on Cowperwood鈥檚 appreciation of the beauty of women. Without going into the particulars of the women involved, it is worth highlighting how his relationship with women brings him into conflict with others, usually older men and women, who hold to traditional moral and religious values. Indeed, this contrast between the America of religious believers and the America of the naturalistic, materialistic non-believers like Cowperwood is part of Dreiser鈥檚 overarching social commentary. When men confront Cowperwood with religion and morals, he simply replies that they have one view of life and he has quite another.
For 500 pages we follow Cowperwood through his ups of amassing millions and downs of losing millions and then up again. Toward the end of the novel, he muses, 鈥淚 am as rich as I was, and only a little older. They caught me once but thy will not catch me again.鈥� He realizes his life destiny, his life meaning, is one of grandeur, one of tremendous wealth and influence and that his future lies well beyond the city limits of Philadelphia, in a city to the west, a city providing ample financial elbow room and entrepreneurial leg room to accord with his ambition and his magnificence. The 19th century thinker Friedrich Nietzsche said, 鈥淲e should face our destiny with courage.鈥� Frank Cowperwood was no reader of philosophy, but he would have wholeheartedly agreed with the German philosopher on this point.
December 27, 2019
Nothing New Under the American Sun
There is scarcely any internal dialogue in The Financier. All is surface, not to say superficial. Frank, the protagonist, is driven entirely by the opinion of others and is yet entirely self-centred in defiance of all Jungian psychological types. He cannot be analysed, only observed and documented by Dreiser's hyper-realism.
Morality exists for Frank as an abstract category but not as a demand for doing the right thing. The right thing is the commercially and, especially, financially most expedient thing. No other criterion is allowed to intrude. Slavery is evil, war is destructive, democratic government is a sham, but evil, destruction and duplicity are actually necessary for progress of the world and in it.
Written with the driest and subtlest of irony, The Financier describes but it doesn't condemn. Frank calculates, he does not live, love, or care other than for awaiting the chance to calculate. His existence takes place among others who also calculate, especially politicians, whom Dreiser recognises as the source and guarantors of commercial and financial success. These are the insiders without whose tips and legislative legerdemain, Frank's abilities are useless. Corruption is not incidental to the system; it is the system.
The Financier is a real 'how to' become a Wall St mogul, as relevant now as it was a century ago. The only real difference today is that the aspiring captain of finance has fewer choices for realising his ambitions. Frank is able to worm his way into the big deal on financing the American Civil War under the noses of the then dominant Drexel & Co. of Philadelphia. Today's Goldman Sachs would crush any such impertinence. Frank would therefore have to ply his nefarious trade within its ranks to get ahead.
Loyalty, of course, is defined as expediency in Frank's world, as it is in today's financial culture. All relationships are expendable. Even the 'word is my bond' culture is in force only as long as it is expedient for the participants. When disaster threatens, if an agreement is not in black and white, and properly witnessed, it doesn't exist. Frank is the model for the likes of Donald Trump and Anthony Scaramucci. Except Frank is more civil and articulate.
There is scarcely any internal dialogue in The Financier. All is surface, not to say superficial. Frank, the protagonist, is driven entirely by the opinion of others and is yet entirely self-centred in defiance of all Jungian psychological types. He cannot be analysed, only observed and documented by Dreiser's hyper-realism.
Morality exists for Frank as an abstract category but not as a demand for doing the right thing. The right thing is the commercially and, especially, financially most expedient thing. No other criterion is allowed to intrude. Slavery is evil, war is destructive, democratic government is a sham, but evil, destruction and duplicity are actually necessary for progress of the world and in it.
Written with the driest and subtlest of irony, The Financier describes but it doesn't condemn. Frank calculates, he does not live, love, or care other than for awaiting the chance to calculate. His existence takes place among others who also calculate, especially politicians, whom Dreiser recognises as the source and guarantors of commercial and financial success. These are the insiders without whose tips and legislative legerdemain, Frank's abilities are useless. Corruption is not incidental to the system; it is the system.
The Financier is a real 'how to' become a Wall St mogul, as relevant now as it was a century ago. The only real difference today is that the aspiring captain of finance has fewer choices for realising his ambitions. Frank is able to worm his way into the big deal on financing the American Civil War under the noses of the then dominant Drexel & Co. of Philadelphia. Today's Goldman Sachs would crush any such impertinence. Frank would therefore have to ply his nefarious trade within its ranks to get ahead.
Loyalty, of course, is defined as expediency in Frank's world, as it is in today's financial culture. All relationships are expendable. Even the 'word is my bond' culture is in force only as long as it is expedient for the participants. When disaster threatens, if an agreement is not in black and white, and properly witnessed, it doesn't exist. Frank is the model for the likes of Donald Trump and Anthony Scaramucci. Except Frank is more civil and articulate.
May 13, 2021
Avaricious, greedy for power, unscrupulous manipulator, financial genius, amassing millions? 馃槇
The hero fascinated and repelled me at the same time.
The hero fascinated and repelled me at the same time.
March 9, 2018
I kept being fascinated by this trilogy throughout a large chunk of my childhood. Gosh! It was so engrossing! Like a window to the big world of the yet unknown things. I kept reading and rereading it multiple times.
Not sure I'll like it as much these days if I do dare to reread.
The last part was, however, very different from the beginning, in terms of psychology. Considering it was published poshumously, one can't help if the plot was highjacked by some shadow writer to get it ready for publishing. Then again, it could have been the idea of the writer that the things that have started trailblazingly could end without the trailblazer. Maybe it was supposed to have a sobering effect on the readers. Sadly, it did not sober me concerning the rat race.
Not sure I'll like it as much these days if I do dare to reread.
The last part was, however, very different from the beginning, in terms of psychology. Considering it was published poshumously, one can't help if the plot was highjacked by some shadow writer to get it ready for publishing. Then again, it could have been the idea of the writer that the things that have started trailblazingly could end without the trailblazer. Maybe it was supposed to have a sobering effect on the readers. Sadly, it did not sober me concerning the rat race.
May 10, 2015
小屑械谢芯 芯褌薪械褋褍 褉芯屑邪薪 芦肖懈薪邪薪褋懈褋褌禄 孝械芯写芯褉邪 袛褉邪泄蟹械褉邪 泻 芯写薪芯泄 懈蟹 谢褍褔褕懈褏 泻薪懈谐 屑懈褉芯胁芯谐芯 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈褟. 袦邪褋褌械褉褋褌胁芯 邪胁褌芯褉邪 锌褉芯褋褌芯 锌褉械胁芯褋褏芯写薪芯.
小褌懈谢褜 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪懈褟 袛褉邪泄蟹械褉邪 锌褉械泻褉邪褋械薪, 邪 褋褞卸械褌 胁蟹褟褌 懈蟹 褉械邪谢褜薪芯泄 卸懈蟹薪懈. 袩褉芯褌芯褌懈锌芯屑 谐谢邪胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟 褋褌邪谢 薪械泻懈泄 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈泄 褎懈薪邪薪褋懈褋褌 懈 屑懈谢谢懈芯薪械褉 效邪褉谢褜蟹 孝邪泄褋芯薪 袡械褉泻褋.
袩芯 锌芯胁芯写褍 谐械褉芯褟 屑芯卸薪芯 褋屑械谢芯 褋泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褔褌芯 芯薪 胁械褋褜屑邪 薪械芯写薪芯蟹薪邪褔械薪. 袨褔械薪褜 屑薪芯谐芯 械谐芯 泻邪褔械褋褌胁 薪械胁芯谢褜薪芯 蟹邪褋褌邪胁谢褟褞褌 胁芯褋褏懈褖邪褌褜褋褟 懈屑, 薪芯 胁 褌芯 卸械 胁褉械屑褟 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪邪褟 械谐芯 褋褌芯褉芯薪邪 芯褔械薪褜 褍卸 斜谢懈蟹泻芯 褕邪谐邪械褌 胁写芯谢褜 褝褌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 谐褉邪薪懈褑 懈 谐芯褌芯胁邪 胁 谢褞斜芯泄 屑芯屑械薪褌 锌械褉械褕邪谐薪褍褌褜 懈褏 褉邪写懈 褌芯泄 懈谢懈 懈薪芯泄 褑械谢懈. 袗屑斜懈褑懈懈 谐械褉芯褟 锌褉械胁芯褋褏芯写薪褘, 薪芯 褋锌芯褋芯斜褘 懈褏 褍写芯胁谢械褌胁芯褉械薪懈褟 薪芯褋褟褌 薪械 褌芯谢褜泻芯 薪懈蟹泻褍褞 褝褌懈褔械褋泻褍褞 褋芯褋褌邪胁谢褟褞褖褍褞, 薪芯 懈 谐芯褌芯胁褘 薪械 泻芯谢械斜谢褟褋褜 薪邪褉褍褕懈褌褜 蟹邪泻芯薪.
袨褋褌邪谢芯褋褜 胁锌械褔邪褌谢械薪懈械, 泻邪泻 斜褍写褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉 锌褘褌邪谢褋褟 锌芯泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褔懈褌邪褌械谢褟屑 懈褋褌懈薪薪芯械 屑邪褋褌械褉褋褌胁芯 谐械褉芯褟 胁 械谐芯 写械褟褌械谢褜薪芯褋褌懈, 邪 褌邪泻卸械 锌褉械写芯褋褌械褉械褔褜 芯褌 胁褋械褏 械谐芯 锌芯褉芯泻芯胁 懈 薪械 谢褍褔褕懈褏 锌芯褋褌褍锌泻芯胁.
袩芯褋谢械 褝褌芯谐芯 褉芯屑邪薪邪 褋 薪械褌械褉锌械薪懈械屑 褏芯褔械褌褋褟 锌褉芯写芯谢卸懈褌褜 褔褌械薪懈械 写邪薪薪芯泄 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈懈, 邪 懈屑械薪薪芯 泻薪懈谐 芦孝懈褌邪薪禄 懈 芦小褌芯懈泻禄 芯 锌褉芯写芯谢卸械薪懈懈 褋褍写褜斜褘 懈 写械褟薪懈泄 谐谢邪胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟.
小褌懈谢褜 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪懈褟 袛褉邪泄蟹械褉邪 锌褉械泻褉邪褋械薪, 邪 褋褞卸械褌 胁蟹褟褌 懈蟹 褉械邪谢褜薪芯泄 卸懈蟹薪懈. 袩褉芯褌芯褌懈锌芯屑 谐谢邪胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟 褋褌邪谢 薪械泻懈泄 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈泄 褎懈薪邪薪褋懈褋褌 懈 屑懈谢谢懈芯薪械褉 效邪褉谢褜蟹 孝邪泄褋芯薪 袡械褉泻褋.
袩芯 锌芯胁芯写褍 谐械褉芯褟 屑芯卸薪芯 褋屑械谢芯 褋泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褔褌芯 芯薪 胁械褋褜屑邪 薪械芯写薪芯蟹薪邪褔械薪. 袨褔械薪褜 屑薪芯谐芯 械谐芯 泻邪褔械褋褌胁 薪械胁芯谢褜薪芯 蟹邪褋褌邪胁谢褟褞褌 胁芯褋褏懈褖邪褌褜褋褟 懈屑, 薪芯 胁 褌芯 卸械 胁褉械屑褟 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪邪褟 械谐芯 褋褌芯褉芯薪邪 芯褔械薪褜 褍卸 斜谢懈蟹泻芯 褕邪谐邪械褌 胁写芯谢褜 褝褌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 谐褉邪薪懈褑 懈 谐芯褌芯胁邪 胁 谢褞斜芯泄 屑芯屑械薪褌 锌械褉械褕邪谐薪褍褌褜 懈褏 褉邪写懈 褌芯泄 懈谢懈 懈薪芯泄 褑械谢懈. 袗屑斜懈褑懈懈 谐械褉芯褟 锌褉械胁芯褋褏芯写薪褘, 薪芯 褋锌芯褋芯斜褘 懈褏 褍写芯胁谢械褌胁芯褉械薪懈褟 薪芯褋褟褌 薪械 褌芯谢褜泻芯 薪懈蟹泻褍褞 褝褌懈褔械褋泻褍褞 褋芯褋褌邪胁谢褟褞褖褍褞, 薪芯 懈 谐芯褌芯胁褘 薪械 泻芯谢械斜谢褟褋褜 薪邪褉褍褕懈褌褜 蟹邪泻芯薪.
袨褋褌邪谢芯褋褜 胁锌械褔邪褌谢械薪懈械, 泻邪泻 斜褍写褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉 锌褘褌邪谢褋褟 锌芯泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褔懈褌邪褌械谢褟屑 懈褋褌懈薪薪芯械 屑邪褋褌械褉褋褌胁芯 谐械褉芯褟 胁 械谐芯 写械褟褌械谢褜薪芯褋褌懈, 邪 褌邪泻卸械 锌褉械写芯褋褌械褉械褔褜 芯褌 胁褋械褏 械谐芯 锌芯褉芯泻芯胁 懈 薪械 谢褍褔褕懈褏 锌芯褋褌褍锌泻芯胁.
袩芯褋谢械 褝褌芯谐芯 褉芯屑邪薪邪 褋 薪械褌械褉锌械薪懈械屑 褏芯褔械褌褋褟 锌褉芯写芯谢卸懈褌褜 褔褌械薪懈械 写邪薪薪芯泄 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈懈, 邪 懈屑械薪薪芯 泻薪懈谐 芦孝懈褌邪薪禄 懈 芦小褌芯懈泻禄 芯 锌褉芯写芯谢卸械薪懈懈 褋褍写褜斜褘 懈 写械褟薪懈泄 谐谢邪胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟.
July 25, 2019
鈥淒reiser the Magnificent: Prose like a glacier of truth, massive, powerful and beautiful; shall not slide easily, oilily, oozily down the tender gullets of twiddling aesthetes, no; but rather, hammers on the door of the mind like Beethoven knocking, thunders, silences with glory, soaked in awe.鈥�
Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
October 20, 2020
Introduction, by Larzer Ziff
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text
--The Financier
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text
--The Financier
October 24, 2016
I find his writing style awkward especially when he deals with complicated financial dealings and legal matters.
November 12, 2012
This is the first book of a trilogy about the life of financier Frank Cowperwood, loosely based on the life of a Chicago streetcar tycoon. This first part of his story is set in post-civil-war Philadelphia. Frank rises quickly from middle-class beginnings to the financial heights due to his cleverness and disregard for legalities and regulations. Due to a miscalculation and a market plunge after the Chicago Fire, he is exposed (both financially and legally) and this book describes his trial, conviction, and re-entry into the world of high finance. (and his foray into adultery, where he betrays not only his wife but a business associate.)
It was interesting to me to note how often the descriptions of financial shenanigans sounded sadly current. It seems that Frank Cowperwood would feel pretty comfortable hanging out with today's bankers. I found the detailed descriptions of the financial ins-and-outs, and the ease Frank has in gaming the system, really fascinating and historically relevant.
It was interesting to me to note how often the descriptions of financial shenanigans sounded sadly current. It seems that Frank Cowperwood would feel pretty comfortable hanging out with today's bankers. I found the detailed descriptions of the financial ins-and-outs, and the ease Frank has in gaming the system, really fascinating and historically relevant.
January 27, 2020
Un libro al que le sobran muchas p谩ginas debido a las largas y pesadas descripciones del entorno as铆 como largos fragmentos dedicados al mundo financiero y econ贸mico en la bolsa de valores (que es entendible que iba a venir debido al nombre de la obra) pero considero que fue exagerado su uso, adem谩s de tener un estilo un poco confuso ya que la primera mitad del libro todo ocurre tan r谩pido y cuando llegamos al problema principal todo lo que resta del libro se centra en eso, sin mencionar el final tan plano y sencillo al igual que sus personajes ya que realmente uno nunca llega a encari帽arse con ellos, pero a pesar de todos estos imperfectos fue un libro que termine y en partes disfrute, sin duda lo mejor de la obra era cuando el autor se dedicaba a crear di谩logos y confrontaciones entre varias personas, la trama es muy buena (larga pero interesante) y hay que entender que esta es una de las novelas hist贸ricas precursoras donde se habla del famoso sue帽o americano donde todo es posible, igualmente es muy rescatable el ambiente que se crea en ella (finales del siglo XIX) y lo muy bien documentado que estuvo el autor sobre temas pol铆ticos y econ贸micos de la 茅poca.
March 29, 2018
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June 2, 2013
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I did my bit to accelerate the collapse of brick-and-mortar bookselling by downloading this as a free ebook after seeing and perusing a paper copy at the last old-school paper book retail chain still, for the moment, standing.
Like a Jedi light saber, this book is a more elegant weapon for more civilized age. It's as damning an indictment of capitalism as anyone in the capitalism-damning racket could possibly want. If that's not entertaining enough, it's just plain old weird. The effect for me was like sitting around a campfire listening to a scary story come out of a solitary face in the darkness, only with routine business practice standing in for the madman with a hook instead of a hand. The very very even, very very calm tone seemed hypnotic to me, but I guess it's a short hop from hypnotic to sleep-inducing for many readers. I could definitely understand those who found it difficult to plow through the reproduced-in-full summations of the opposing lawyers in the criminal prosecution at the book's center. Ditto for the full names and thumbnail biographies for all of the jurors in the same trial, none of whom does or says anything vital to the plot after their introduction.
Speaking of which, in this novel, the prosecution is allowed to address the jury finally, after the defense. What's up with that? That never happened in Perry Mason, Matlock, etc. I'll bet a nice annotated paper version, bought at a failing bookstore chain, would have had a footnote explaining. Serves me right for being a cheapskate.
I did my bit to accelerate the collapse of brick-and-mortar bookselling by downloading this as a free ebook after seeing and perusing a paper copy at the last old-school paper book retail chain still, for the moment, standing.
Like a Jedi light saber, this book is a more elegant weapon for more civilized age. It's as damning an indictment of capitalism as anyone in the capitalism-damning racket could possibly want. If that's not entertaining enough, it's just plain old weird. The effect for me was like sitting around a campfire listening to a scary story come out of a solitary face in the darkness, only with routine business practice standing in for the madman with a hook instead of a hand. The very very even, very very calm tone seemed hypnotic to me, but I guess it's a short hop from hypnotic to sleep-inducing for many readers. I could definitely understand those who found it difficult to plow through the reproduced-in-full summations of the opposing lawyers in the criminal prosecution at the book's center. Ditto for the full names and thumbnail biographies for all of the jurors in the same trial, none of whom does or says anything vital to the plot after their introduction.
Speaking of which, in this novel, the prosecution is allowed to address the jury finally, after the defense. What's up with that? That never happened in Perry Mason, Matlock, etc. I'll bet a nice annotated paper version, bought at a failing bookstore chain, would have had a footnote explaining. Serves me right for being a cheapskate.
April 29, 2013
Theodore Dreiser's The Financier (1912), based on the real-life story of a high-finance dark winner Charles Yerkes, is my favorite novel. Period. Dreiser鈥檚 star of the story, Frank A. Cowperwood, shines in a historic line of Western cultural antiheroes 鈥� acquisitive, cunning, seductive big bad characters who hit resistance. I put Cowperwood with Satan in Milton鈥檚 epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) and Michael Corleone in Mario Cuzo鈥檚 The Godfather (1972) film and J.R. Ewing in the tv soap drama Dallas (1978 to 1991).
I re-read The Financier this month, and on the second go-round, it is gritty and fresh as can be, 101 years after its publication. It burns even brighter for an America that has suffered the terrible financial collapse of 2008. Dreiser, a journalist before he wrote novels, pulls the narrative to get Yerke's story told accurately, and the historical period depicted carefully -- every bit as well as Matthew Weiner captures the 1960s in detail on the Mad Men (2007 - ) tv series in a way that radiates for a whole modern epoch.
The Financier is a pinnacle of American Naturalism, I say. Literary critics have treated The Financier as secondary to his more romantic masterworks, Sister Carrie (1900, Dreiser's first novel) and An American Tragedy (1925, his last). Much as I love those too, I put The Financier first.
Exciting to note, this is only the first novel in Dreiser's "Trilogy of Desire." Next up, the sequel: I'll re-read The Titan (1914).
I re-read The Financier this month, and on the second go-round, it is gritty and fresh as can be, 101 years after its publication. It burns even brighter for an America that has suffered the terrible financial collapse of 2008. Dreiser, a journalist before he wrote novels, pulls the narrative to get Yerke's story told accurately, and the historical period depicted carefully -- every bit as well as Matthew Weiner captures the 1960s in detail on the Mad Men (2007 - ) tv series in a way that radiates for a whole modern epoch.
The Financier is a pinnacle of American Naturalism, I say. Literary critics have treated The Financier as secondary to his more romantic masterworks, Sister Carrie (1900, Dreiser's first novel) and An American Tragedy (1925, his last). Much as I love those too, I put The Financier first.
Exciting to note, this is only the first novel in Dreiser's "Trilogy of Desire." Next up, the sequel: I'll re-read The Titan (1914).
December 1, 2009
I picked this up on the recommendation of possibly either Howard Zinn or Noam Chomsky. Not directly, of course, but because they wrote about it in something that I read that either of them wrote. Despite a lot of heady and difficult to understand financial talk, its a remarkable story of the greed and sense of privilege exhibited by the very wealthy. Frank Algernon Cowperwood is kind of a selfish ass. He steps on everyone in his way. He lies, cheats and steals when he is already a millionaire. He marries his ideal of a trophy wife, and then when she ages and is no longer suitable in his estimation he pursues an affair with a considerably younger woman, alienating one of his closest business associates in the process. Dreiser provides some good insight into a society controlled by greed, corruption, inside dealing, political malfeasance, and the desire of men for power at whatever cost to the general population. Not a tough read (except for the financial details, some of which are baffling to me... But that could also be because of the antiquated system with which it deals. The story takes place before, during and just after the Civil War), but at times beautifully written and certainly worthwhile. Though the dealings of the wealthy and the stock markets have changed, the nature of men has not and this tale rings true even today.
July 16, 2024
Yra teorija, kad lengvi laikai neugdo stipri懦 啪moni懦. Kaikurie taip pat prideda, kad lengvi laikai ar geras gyvenimas nekuria stipri懦 autori懦.
Turb奴t antrinu 拧iai min膷iai, suprasdamas, kad tok寞 genij懦 kiek寞, kaip 20-tajam am啪iuj: Hemingway, Dreiser, Orwell, Marquez ir t.t.t.t.t., atrasti 21-ajame kolkas sunku, ar, tiksliau, ne寞manoma.
Dreizerio roman膮 (trilogij膮) 寞 rankus imu jau antr膮 kart膮, kadangi su kiekvienu penkme膷iu ateina vis 寞vairesn臈s gyvenimo patirties, o tai savo ruo啪tu ver膷ia vis labiau steb臈tis Dreizerio pasteb臈jim懦 taiklumu.
Mano nuomone, tai autorius, taip tiksliai suprat臋s ir perteik臋s visi拧kai jam skirtingos b奴tyb臈s - verslininko - emocijas, perra拧臋s tai fakt懦 ir biografijos fone. O ir pagrindinio veik臈jo gyvenimo linija bei pasiekim懦 s膮ra拧as (拧i knyga - romananas/biografija) - grandioziniai. Nuo 膶ikagos tramvaj懦 iki Londono metro.
Tai knyga, kuri膮 turb奴t, jei laiko r臈mai leis, skaitysiu dar ir dar.
Turb奴t antrinu 拧iai min膷iai, suprasdamas, kad tok寞 genij懦 kiek寞, kaip 20-tajam am啪iuj: Hemingway, Dreiser, Orwell, Marquez ir t.t.t.t.t., atrasti 21-ajame kolkas sunku, ar, tiksliau, ne寞manoma.
Dreizerio roman膮 (trilogij膮) 寞 rankus imu jau antr膮 kart膮, kadangi su kiekvienu penkme膷iu ateina vis 寞vairesn臈s gyvenimo patirties, o tai savo ruo啪tu ver膷ia vis labiau steb臈tis Dreizerio pasteb臈jim懦 taiklumu.
Mano nuomone, tai autorius, taip tiksliai suprat臋s ir perteik臋s visi拧kai jam skirtingos b奴tyb臈s - verslininko - emocijas, perra拧臋s tai fakt懦 ir biografijos fone. O ir pagrindinio veik臈jo gyvenimo linija bei pasiekim懦 s膮ra拧as (拧i knyga - romananas/biografija) - grandioziniai. Nuo 膶ikagos tramvaj懦 iki Londono metro.
Tai knyga, kuri膮 turb奴t, jei laiko r臈mai leis, skaitysiu dar ir dar.
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June 13, 2016袣薪懈谐邪 屑薪械 芯褔械薪褜 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢邪褋褜. 袩芯薪褉邪胁懈谢褋褟 褋褌懈谢褜 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪懈褟 泻薪懈谐懈, 褎懈谢芯褋芯褎褋泻懈械 胁褋褌邪胁泻懈 胁 薪邪褔邪谢械 谐谢邪胁.
袘芯谢褜褕械 胁褋械谐芯 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢褋褟 芯斜褉邪蟹 肖褉褝薪泻邪. 袝谐芯 褍胁械褉械薪薪芯褋褌褜 胁 褋械斜械, 胁 褋胁芯懈褏 褋懈谢邪褏 懈 械谐芯 褉邪褋褔械褌谢懈胁褘泄 褍屑.
袙 褝褌芯屑 泻薪懈谐械 褏芯褉芯褕芯 锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪芯, 褔褌芯 褍 泻邪卸写芯谐芯 褋胁芯褟 锌褉邪胁写邪 懈 屑芯卸薪芯 锌芯薪褟褌褜 屑芯褌懈胁褘 泻邪卸写芯谐芯 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸邪, 胁 褝褌芯 泻薪懈谐械 薪械褌 褏芯褉芯褕懈褏 懈 薪械褌 锌谢芯褏懈褏.
袩芯褉芯泄 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪械褕褜 蟹邪 谐谢邪胁薪芯谐芯 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸邪, 锌芯褉芯泄 胁懈薪懈褕褜 械谐芯 胁 泻邪泻懈械 褌芯 屑芯屑械薪褌褘.
袠褋褌芯褉懈褟 芯褔械薪褜 写懈薪邪屑懈褔薪芯 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪械褌褋褟, 薪械褌褍 蟹邪褌褟卸薪褘褏 屑芯屑械薪褌芯胁, 邪胁褌芯褉 褋锌芯泻芯泄薪芯 屑芯卸械褌 锌械褉械褋泻芯褔懈褌褜 屑械褋褟褑邪, 谐芯写邪.
袙褋械屑 褋芯胁械褌褍褞 锌褉芯褔械褋褌褜. 小邪屑 卸械 锌芯蟹卸械 薪邪褔薪褍 褔懈褌邪褌褜 锌褉芯写芯谢卸械薪懈械 褝褌芯泄 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈.
袘芯谢褜褕械 胁褋械谐芯 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢褋褟 芯斜褉邪蟹 肖褉褝薪泻邪. 袝谐芯 褍胁械褉械薪薪芯褋褌褜 胁 褋械斜械, 胁 褋胁芯懈褏 褋懈谢邪褏 懈 械谐芯 褉邪褋褔械褌谢懈胁褘泄 褍屑.
袙 褝褌芯屑 泻薪懈谐械 褏芯褉芯褕芯 锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪芯, 褔褌芯 褍 泻邪卸写芯谐芯 褋胁芯褟 锌褉邪胁写邪 懈 屑芯卸薪芯 锌芯薪褟褌褜 屑芯褌懈胁褘 泻邪卸写芯谐芯 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸邪, 胁 褝褌芯 泻薪懈谐械 薪械褌 褏芯褉芯褕懈褏 懈 薪械褌 锌谢芯褏懈褏.
袩芯褉芯泄 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪械褕褜 蟹邪 谐谢邪胁薪芯谐芯 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸邪, 锌芯褉芯泄 胁懈薪懈褕褜 械谐芯 胁 泻邪泻懈械 褌芯 屑芯屑械薪褌褘.
袠褋褌芯褉懈褟 芯褔械薪褜 写懈薪邪屑懈褔薪芯 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪械褌褋褟, 薪械褌褍 蟹邪褌褟卸薪褘褏 屑芯屑械薪褌芯胁, 邪胁褌芯褉 褋锌芯泻芯泄薪芯 屑芯卸械褌 锌械褉械褋泻芯褔懈褌褜 屑械褋褟褑邪, 谐芯写邪.
袙褋械屑 褋芯胁械褌褍褞 锌褉芯褔械褋褌褜. 小邪屑 卸械 锌芯蟹卸械 薪邪褔薪褍 褔懈褌邪褌褜 锌褉芯写芯谢卸械薪懈械 褝褌芯泄 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈.
May 3, 2021
The novel is of course old and wordy but I enjoyed it very much because human nature and living on credit have not changed, are with us as much today as they were then. Although first published in 1912, the book goes back even further to the 1870s. In a way it could be seen as a kind of history of the United States of that period. As to the modern reader, who today does not want to be successful and clever, have a lot of money etc? The world has not changed that much.
The novel covers about a dozen years of a young man's life. Frank Cowperwood is the main protagonist: he is a talented and promising broker. He is 36 as the book closes, has had his ups and downs. "Events, dear boy, events!" I kept thinking as I was reading it.
The novel's strength is that it does not condemn its hero and does not turn him into a paragon of virtue while questioning the morals of society. The scene when Frank finally breaks down and cries is well worth waiting for.
Incidentally, I often find old novels very moving as opposed to modern ones, particularly those that are much hyped, which can be just so-so.
The novel covers about a dozen years of a young man's life. Frank Cowperwood is the main protagonist: he is a talented and promising broker. He is 36 as the book closes, has had his ups and downs. "Events, dear boy, events!" I kept thinking as I was reading it.
The novel's strength is that it does not condemn its hero and does not turn him into a paragon of virtue while questioning the morals of society. The scene when Frank finally breaks down and cries is well worth waiting for.
Incidentally, I often find old novels very moving as opposed to modern ones, particularly those that are much hyped, which can be just so-so.
January 1, 2017
'The Financier' is the first book in a trilogy that looks a personalities through objective lenses based on Dreiser's view of the world. In a sense it is an amorality play. It's main character is covered from his youth through his rise in the financial industry to his downfall and imprisonment and his financial redemption. I paints a character in depth that pursues whatever he desires, and is seen as intelligent and precise and unruffled by anything that might block his path.
The reader is made to feel that in a way he deserves a comeupance and yet romanticises his skill at acquiring wealth.
The story line justifies his love affairs as long as they are bases on honorable attraction, which of course is defined by the characters own needs. It tries to paint societal expectations of appropriate behaviour as some enforcement of appearances of men far more flawed than the main character.
It was interesting to me as it sits on the very cusp of a startling change in morals that would be ushered in by the 'Roaring 20s'. It is almost as though Dreiser was preparing the path for what was coming. A classic worth reading, and definitely not assigned by the nuns in my High School, so missed in early life.
One critic called it a look at the dark side...but that is always a relative thing. A man choosing to make money on the losses of others and who can break marriage vows can seem quaint as a view from the dark side given the brutality that the next wars would bring.
The reader is made to feel that in a way he deserves a comeupance and yet romanticises his skill at acquiring wealth.
The story line justifies his love affairs as long as they are bases on honorable attraction, which of course is defined by the characters own needs. It tries to paint societal expectations of appropriate behaviour as some enforcement of appearances of men far more flawed than the main character.
It was interesting to me as it sits on the very cusp of a startling change in morals that would be ushered in by the 'Roaring 20s'. It is almost as though Dreiser was preparing the path for what was coming. A classic worth reading, and definitely not assigned by the nuns in my High School, so missed in early life.
One critic called it a look at the dark side...but that is always a relative thing. A man choosing to make money on the losses of others and who can break marriage vows can seem quaint as a view from the dark side given the brutality that the next wars would bring.
August 30, 2018
Es un libro que ilustra las finanzas, inteligente e instructivo; est谩 narrado a manera de novela, por lo que, su lectura es amena.
No me gust贸 la parte en que implica que Frank se perdi贸 por una mujer, en una pareja la responsabilidad es de dos, 茅l tomo su decisi贸n; aunque el libro lo hace ver como presa de los encantos de Aileen, pienso que fue v铆ctima de su soberbia y deseo de belleza.
It is a book that illustrates finances, intelligent and instructive; It is narrated as a novel, so, its reading is enjoyable.
I did not like the part that implies that Frank was lost by a woman, in a couple the responsibility is two, he made his decision; Although the book makes it look like prey to the charms of Aileen, I think he was a victim of he own pride and desire for beauty.
No me gust贸 la parte en que implica que Frank se perdi贸 por una mujer, en una pareja la responsabilidad es de dos, 茅l tomo su decisi贸n; aunque el libro lo hace ver como presa de los encantos de Aileen, pienso que fue v铆ctima de su soberbia y deseo de belleza.
It is a book that illustrates finances, intelligent and instructive; It is narrated as a novel, so, its reading is enjoyable.
I did not like the part that implies that Frank was lost by a woman, in a couple the responsibility is two, he made his decision; Although the book makes it look like prey to the charms of Aileen, I think he was a victim of he own pride and desire for beauty.
June 16, 2018
this is a very politically correct written book. It has love, betrayel, intrigue, atmosphere, good descriptions, nice ideas. However it lacks emotion. That is why 4 stars or 3,5 if I could. Everything is very clearly and soberly presented, even the emotions of the characters are so thoughly described, that they don't produce any impact on the reader at all.
The whole financial stuff - I didn't quite understood everything but it is not that important. You get into the story.
Because of the sober way of presenting the story, it was often quite boring, and the whole book seemed endless. But I still got to its end !
The whole financial stuff - I didn't quite understood everything but it is not that important. You get into the story.
Because of the sober way of presenting the story, it was often quite boring, and the whole book seemed endless. But I still got to its end !
April 9, 2014
袟邪屑械褔邪褌械谢褜薪邪褟 泻薪懈谐邪, 褉邪褋泻褉褘胁邪褞褖邪褟 薪械 褌芯谢褜泻芯 芯斜褘褔邪懈 懈 薪褉邪胁褘 褎懈薪邪薪褋芯胁芯谐芯 褉褘薪泻邪 小楔袗 泻芯薪褑邪 19-谐芯 胁械泻邪, 薪芯 懈 褉邪褋褕懈褉褟褞褕邪褟 锌芯薪懈屑邪薪懈械 芯褋薪芯胁 褎懈薪邪薪褋芯胁芯泄 写械褟褌械谢褜薪芯褋褌懈. 袩褉芯褌懈胁芯褉械褔懈胁芯械 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈械 泻 谐谢邪胁薪芯屑褍 谐械褉芯褞, 胁锌械褉械屑械卸泻褍 褋 胁锌械褔邪褌谢械薪懈褟屑懈 芯褌 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈懈 褋 锌芯胁械写械薪懈械屑 泻邪锌懈褌邪谢邪 懈 写械屑芯泻褉邪褌懈褔械褋泻懈屑懈 锌褉芯褑械褋褋邪屑懈 褌械褏 胁褉械屑械薪 蟹邪褋谢褍卸懈胁邪械褌 蟹邪锌邪褋褌懈褋褜 褌械褉锌械薪懈械屑 懈 锌褉芯褔械褋褌褜 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈械. 袦薪械 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢芯褋褜. 袨褔械薪褜
March 25, 2019
Self-seeking and corruption in finance and politics.
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May 11, 2025This is a book that F. Scott Fitzgerald recommended in his College of One, a set of 40 books he considered necessary for an education:
April 1, 2013
Even though the main character, Cowperwood, seemed a precursor to Ayn Rand, I found the novel compelling, not least the details of city life in era after the Civil War. The trolley lines were just forming and there was a rough, mad scramble to secure the best routes. The first penitentiary, based on Quaker ideas of solitary confinement had just been opened. Cowperwood's morality may have been dubious but it was impossible not to keep reading. Sample quote:
"That thing conscience, which obsesses and rides some people to destruction, did not trouble him at all. He had no consciousness of what is currently known as sin. There were just two faces to the shield of life from the point of view of his peculiar mind-strength and weakness. Right and wrong? He did not know about those. They were bound up in metaphysical abstrusities about which he did not care to bother. Good and evil? Those were toys of clerics, by which they made money. And as for social favor or social ostracism which, on occasion, so quickly followed upon the heels of disaster of any kind, well, what was social ostracism? Had either he or his parents been of the best society as yet? And since not, and despite this present mix-up, might not the future hold social restoration and position for him? It might. Morality and immorality? He never considered them. But strength and weakness--oh, yes! If you had strength you could protect yourself always and be something. If you were weak--pass quickly to the rear and get out of the range of the guns."
"That thing conscience, which obsesses and rides some people to destruction, did not trouble him at all. He had no consciousness of what is currently known as sin. There were just two faces to the shield of life from the point of view of his peculiar mind-strength and weakness. Right and wrong? He did not know about those. They were bound up in metaphysical abstrusities about which he did not care to bother. Good and evil? Those were toys of clerics, by which they made money. And as for social favor or social ostracism which, on occasion, so quickly followed upon the heels of disaster of any kind, well, what was social ostracism? Had either he or his parents been of the best society as yet? And since not, and despite this present mix-up, might not the future hold social restoration and position for him? It might. Morality and immorality? He never considered them. But strength and weakness--oh, yes! If you had strength you could protect yourself always and be something. If you were weak--pass quickly to the rear and get out of the range of the guns."
January 31, 2018
袩械褉褕懈泄 褉芯屑邪薪 褌褉懈谢芯谐褨褩 写邪褦 褉芯蟹褍屑褨薪薪褟 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋褜泻芯谐芯 褋锌芯褋芯斜褍 卸懈褌褌褟: 谐褉邪 薪邪 斜褨褉卸褨, 斜邪谐邪褌褋褌胁芯, 斜邪薪泻褉褍褌褋褌胁芯, 褋褍写芯胁褨 褋锌褉邪胁懈, 蟹薪芯胁褍 斜邪谐邪褌褋褌胁芯. 袣芯谢懈 褔懈褌邪胁, 褌芯 胁褋械 褑械 胁懈谐谢褟写邪谢芯 褌邪泻懈屑 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪懈屑. 袚芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 褉懈蟹懈泻褍褦, 胁懈谐褉邪褦, 锌褉芯谐褉邪褦, 蟹薪芯胁褍 胁懈谐褉邪褦...
February 8, 2015
袙 褕泻芯谢褜薪褘械 谐芯写褘 懈蟹 袛褉邪泄蟹械褉邪 褟 褔懈褌邪谢邪 褌芯谢褜泻芯 小械褋褌褉褍 袣械褉懈, 薪芯 锌芯褔褌懈 锌芯写蟹邪斜褘谢邪 胁械褋褜 褋褞卸械褌. 袪械褕懈谢邪 锌械褉械褔懈褌邪褌褜 袛褉邪泄蟹械褉邪 懈 薪邪褔邪谢邪 褋 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈懈 肖懈薪邪薪褋懈褋褌邪. 袙 薪邪褔邪谢械 斜褘谢芯 褋泻褍褔薪芯胁邪褌芯, 懈蟹 蟹邪 褝褌芯谐芯 斜褘谢懈 锌邪褍蟹褘 胁 械谐芯 褔褌械薪懈懈, 薪芯 薪邪斜褉邪胁褕懈褋褜 褌械褉锌械薪懈褟 褟 锌褉芯写芯谢卸懈谢邪 褔褌械薪懈械 懈 褋械泄褔邪褋 薪械 褋芯卸邪谢械褞, 芯斜褟蟹邪褌械谢褜薪芯 锌褉芯褔褌褍 芯褋褌邪胁褕懈械褋褟 写胁械 泻薪懈谐懈 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈懈.
袝褋谢懈 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褜 芯 肖懈薪邪薪褋懈褋褌械, 褌芯 褟 械褖褢 褉邪蟹 褍斜械写懈谢邪褋褜, 薪邪褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 谢褞写械泄 胁芯 胁褋械x 胁褉械屑械薪邪x 懈 褝锌芯x邪x, 胁 褋褍褖薪芯褋褌懈 褋胁芯械屑, 芯写懈薪邪泻芯胁褘, 薪邪 锌褍褌懈 写芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈褟 褍褋锌械x邪, 斜芯谐邪褌褋褌胁邪, 胁谢懈褟薪懈褟, 胁谢邪褋褌懈, 褋锌芯褋芯斜薪芯 泻 锌褉懈褌胁芯褉褋褌胁褍,泻芯胁邪褉褋褌胁褍, 胁械褉芯谢芯屑褋褌胁褍 懈 谢卸懈胁芯褋褌懈 懈 卸邪写薪芯褋褌懈. 袙褋械 懈屑械褞褌 褋胁芯褞 褑械薪褍. 袠 袣邪褍锌械褉胁褍写 锌芯谢褜蟹褍褟褋褜 写械薪褜谐邪屑懈, 薪械 锌褉懈薪邪写谢械卸邪胁褕懈屑 械屑褍, 芯褌薪芯褋懈谢褋褟 泻 薪懈屑, 泻邪泻 泻 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪薪褘屑, 卸邪写薪芯 懈褋锌芯谢褜蟹褍褟 懈x 锌褉懈 写芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈懈 褋胁芯懈x 屑械谢泻懈x 褑械谢械泄, 泻邪泻 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械 胁 芯斜褖械褋褌胁械, 芯斜芯谐邪褖械薪懈械, 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌褜 芯斜谢邪写邪褌褜 屑邪褌械褉懈邪谢褜薪褘屑懈 斜谢邪谐邪屑懈, 锌褉懈 褝褌芯屑 锌芯蟹邪斜褘胁 芯 屑芯褉邪谢懈, 芯 褋芯褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈懈, 锌褉芯褋褌芯泄 褔械谢芯胁械褔械褋泻芯泄 写芯斜褉芯褌械.
袙屑械褋褌械 褋 褌械屑, 褍写懈胁谢褟械褌 械谐芯 褋褌芯泄泻芯褋褌褜 写褍x邪 懈 胁械褉邪 胁 x芯褉芯褕械械 懈 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯械 斜褍写褍褖械械, 褔褌芯 锌芯蟹胁芯谢褟谢芯 械屑褍 薪械 锌邪写邪褌褜 写褍x芯屑 懈 锌褉懈褋斜芯褋邪斜谢懈胁邪谢芯 械谐芯 泻 谢褞斜褘屑 卸懈蟹薪械薪薪褘屑 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈褟屑 懈 褌褉褍写薪芯褋褌褟屑, 褍屑械薪懈械 懈x 锌褉械芯写芯谢械褌褜, 薪邪写芯 芯褌屑械褌懈褌褜, 褝褌芯 芯褔械薪褜 x芯褉芯褕械械 泻邪褔械褋褌胁芯, 锌褉懈褋褍褌褋褌胁褍褞褖械械 胁 薪械屑.
袝褋谢懈 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褜 芯 肖懈薪邪薪褋懈褋褌械, 褌芯 褟 械褖褢 褉邪蟹 褍斜械写懈谢邪褋褜, 薪邪褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 谢褞写械泄 胁芯 胁褋械x 胁褉械屑械薪邪x 懈 褝锌芯x邪x, 胁 褋褍褖薪芯褋褌懈 褋胁芯械屑, 芯写懈薪邪泻芯胁褘, 薪邪 锌褍褌懈 写芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈褟 褍褋锌械x邪, 斜芯谐邪褌褋褌胁邪, 胁谢懈褟薪懈褟, 胁谢邪褋褌懈, 褋锌芯褋芯斜薪芯 泻 锌褉懈褌胁芯褉褋褌胁褍,泻芯胁邪褉褋褌胁褍, 胁械褉芯谢芯屑褋褌胁褍 懈 谢卸懈胁芯褋褌懈 懈 卸邪写薪芯褋褌懈. 袙褋械 懈屑械褞褌 褋胁芯褞 褑械薪褍. 袠 袣邪褍锌械褉胁褍写 锌芯谢褜蟹褍褟褋褜 写械薪褜谐邪屑懈, 薪械 锌褉懈薪邪写谢械卸邪胁褕懈屑 械屑褍, 芯褌薪芯褋懈谢褋褟 泻 薪懈屑, 泻邪泻 泻 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪薪褘屑, 卸邪写薪芯 懈褋锌芯谢褜蟹褍褟 懈x 锌褉懈 写芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈懈 褋胁芯懈x 屑械谢泻懈x 褑械谢械泄, 泻邪泻 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械 胁 芯斜褖械褋褌胁械, 芯斜芯谐邪褖械薪懈械, 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌褜 芯斜谢邪写邪褌褜 屑邪褌械褉懈邪谢褜薪褘屑懈 斜谢邪谐邪屑懈, 锌褉懈 褝褌芯屑 锌芯蟹邪斜褘胁 芯 屑芯褉邪谢懈, 芯 褋芯褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈懈, 锌褉芯褋褌芯泄 褔械谢芯胁械褔械褋泻芯泄 写芯斜褉芯褌械.
袙屑械褋褌械 褋 褌械屑, 褍写懈胁谢褟械褌 械谐芯 褋褌芯泄泻芯褋褌褜 写褍x邪 懈 胁械褉邪 胁 x芯褉芯褕械械 懈 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯械 斜褍写褍褖械械, 褔褌芯 锌芯蟹胁芯谢褟谢芯 械屑褍 薪械 锌邪写邪褌褜 写褍x芯屑 懈 锌褉懈褋斜芯褋邪斜谢懈胁邪谢芯 械谐芯 泻 谢褞斜褘屑 卸懈蟹薪械薪薪褘屑 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈褟屑 懈 褌褉褍写薪芯褋褌褟屑, 褍屑械薪懈械 懈x 锌褉械芯写芯谢械褌褜, 薪邪写芯 芯褌屑械褌懈褌褜, 褝褌芯 芯褔械薪褜 x芯褉芯褕械械 泻邪褔械褋褌胁芯, 锌褉懈褋褍褌褋褌胁褍褞褖械械 胁 薪械屑.
May 31, 2011
The narrator follows crude businessman Frank Cowperwood through an affair, illegal trading and jail. I think this book is one you'll either love or hate. In my opinion, Cowperwood is sexualized because he gets what he wants regardless of the feelings of others. Read Friedrich Nietszche if you want to study Frank's intentions--he's a Nietzschean overman without a doubt.
May 21, 2022
the best part of this book was when cowperwood was finally going to jail and his wife, after spending the entire book not leaving him after knowing he didn鈥檛 love her and also that he was having an affair, was like 鈥渓ol bye鈥�
January 25, 2016
I am intrigued. Looking forward to finishing this trilogy.
February 18, 2018
袙 褝褌芯褌 褉邪蟹 褌芯卸械 褉械褕懈谢邪 褔懈褌邪褌褜 袛褉邪泄蟹械褉邪 薪邪 褉褍褋褋泻芯屑. 袨薪 锌褉械泻褉邪褋械薪. 袝谐芯 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸械泄 锌褉芯褋褌芯 懈蟹褍屑懈褌械谢褜薪芯. 袧邪褕谢邪 胁 泻褉懈褌懈泻械, 褔褌芯 芯薪 褋褔懈褌邪械褌褋褟 锌懈褋邪褌械谢械屑-薪邪褌懈胁懈褋褌芯屑 (薪邪褌褍褉邪谢懈褋褌芯屑). 袩芯褋谢械 袚褉邪卸写邪薪褋泻芯泄 胁芯泄薪褘, 泻芯谐写邪 褋褌褉邪薪邪 锌芯褋褌芯褟薪薪芯 屑械薪褟谢邪褋褜, 芯薪 锌褘褌邪谢褋褟 褉邪蟹谐谢褟写械褌褜 械褢, "薪芯胁褍褞" 袗屑械褉懈泻褍, 胁 械褢 褌懈锌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 褔械褉褌邪褏 薪褉邪胁芯胁 懈 芯斜褘褔邪械胁, 芯斜褖械褋褌胁械薪薪褘褏 懈 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 懈薪褋褌懈褌褍褌芯胁, 锌褉懈褉芯写褘 懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈, 褏邪褉邪泻褌械褉芯胁.
携 泻 谐械褉芯褞 芯褌薪芯褕褍褋褜 薪械泄褌褉邪谢褜薪芯. 袨薪 锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪 泻邪泻 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褌械谢褜 薪芯胁芯谐芯 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪 胁 小楔袗 褌芯谐芯 胁褉械屑械薪懈, 褌芯谐芯, 泻褌芯 was making major difference in the lives of regular citizens. 袦薪械 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢邪褋褜 械谐芯 褍胁械褉械薪薪芯褋褌褜 胁 褋胁芯械泄 锌芯蟹懈褑懈懈. 袦芯懈 卸械谢邪薪懈褟 - 锌褉械卸写械 胁褋械谐芯, -谐芯胁芯褉懈谢 芯薪. 袠薪褌械褉械褋薪芯, 褔褌芯 胁 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢械 褎褉邪蟹邪 蟹胁褍褔懈褌 "I satisfy myself", 褔褌芯 蟹胁褍褔懈褌 泻褍写邪 屑械薪械械 胁芯蟹屑褍褌懈褌械谢褜薪芯. 袨薪 褌芯褔薪芯 蟹薪邪谢 褔械谐芯 褏芯褔械褌 芯褌 卸懈蟹薪懈, 褔褌芯 械屑褍 褋褍卸写械薪芯, 懈 泻械屑 芯薪 斜褍写械褌. 袟薪邪谢, 懈 薪械 褋芯谐谢邪褕邪谢褋褟 薪邪 屑械薪褜褕械械. 笑械褉泻芯胁褜, 斜谢褞褋褌懈褌械谢懈 屑芯褉邪谢懈, 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 - 胁褋褢 褝褌芯 械谐芯 薪械 斜械褋锌芯泻芯懈谢芯. 协褌懈屑 屑薪械 芯薪 芯褔械薪褜 懈屑锌芯薪懈褉褍械褌. 袨褋芯斜械薪薪芯 胁 锌褉芯褌懈胁芯锌芯褋褌邪胁谢械薪懈懈 械谐芯 褋芯 小褌懈薪械褉芯屑.
''袙 锌芯蟹芯褉薪芯泄 褋谢邪斜芯褋褌懈 小褌懈薪械褉邪 袣邪褍锌械褉胁褍写 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪谢 褋胁芯泄 锌褉懈谐芯胁芯褉. 效褌芯 屑芯卸薪芯 褋写械谢邪褌褜 褋 褌邪泻懈屑 褔械谢芯胁械泻芯屑? 袣邪泻 胁写芯褏薪褍褌褜 胁 薪械谐芯 斜芯写褉芯褋褌褜? 袧械褌, 褝褌芯 斜械蟹薪邪写械卸薪芯! 小 卸械褋褌芯屑, 胁褘褉邪卸邪褞褖懈屑 芯屑械褉蟹械薪懈械, 谐芯褉写芯械 褉邪胁薪芯写褍褕懈械 懈 芯褌泻邪蟹 芯褌 胁褋械褏 写邪谢褜薪械泄褕懈褏 褍胁械褖邪薪懈泄, 芯薪 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈谢褋褟 泻 胁褘褏芯写褍, 薪芯 胁 写胁械褉褟褏 芯褋褌邪薪芯胁懈谢褋褟.
鈥� 袛卸芯褉写卸, 鈥� 褋泻邪蟹邪谢 芯薪, 鈥� 屑薪械 芯褔械薪褜 卸邪谢褜, 芯褌 写褍褕懈 卸邪谢褜 胁邪褋, 邪 薪械 褋械斜褟. 携 褉邪薪芯 懈谢懈 锌芯蟹写薪芯 胁褘胁械褉薪褍褋褜. 携 斜褍写褍 斜芯谐邪褌. 袧芯 胁褘, 袛卸芯褉写卸, 褋芯胁械褉褕邪械褌械 胁械谢懈褔邪泄褕褍褞 胁 褋胁芯械泄 卸懈蟹薪懈 芯褕懈斜泻褍. 袙褘 褋褌邪薪械褌械 薪懈褖懈屑, 泻邪褌芯褉卸薪懈泻芯屑, 懈, 泻褉芯屑械 褋械斜褟, 胁邪屑 薪械泻芯谐芯 斜褍写械褌 胁懈薪懈褌褜. 袙褋褟 褝褌邪 斜懈褉卸械胁邪褟 泻芯薪褗褞薪泻褌褍褉邪 胁褘蟹胁邪薪邪 锌芯卸邪褉芯屑. 袦芯懈 写械谢邪, 械褋谢懈 薪械 褋褔懈褌邪褌褜 锌邪写械薪懈褟 褑械薪薪芯褋褌械泄 薪邪 斜懈褉卸械 胁褋谢械写褋褌胁懈械 锌邪薪懈泻懈, 胁 锌芯谢薪械泄褕械屑 锌芯褉褟写泻械. 袗 胁褘 褋懈写懈褌械 褌褍褌 锌褉懈 写械薪褜谐邪褏 懈 锌芯蟹胁芯谢褟械褌械 蟹邪锌褍谐懈胁邪褌褜 褋械斜褟 褕邪泄泻械 懈薪褌褉懈谐邪薪芯胁 懈 褕邪薪褌邪卸懈褋褌芯胁, 蟹薪邪褞褖懈褏 芯 胁邪褕懈褏 懈 屑芯懈褏 写械谢邪褏 薪械 斜芯谢褜褕械, 褔械屑 锌械褉胁褘泄 胁褋褌褉械褔薪褘泄. 袨薪懈 懈薪褌械褉械褋褍褞褌褋褟 胁邪屑懈 谢懈褕褜 锌芯褋褌芯谢褜泻褍, 锌芯褋泻芯谢褜泻褍 薪邪写械褞褌褋褟 胁邪褋 胁褘锌芯褌褉芯褕懈褌褜. 袩芯泄屑懈褌械: 芯薪懈 褍写械褉卸懈胁邪褞褌 胁邪褋 芯褌 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪薪芯谐芯 褕邪谐邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 械褖械 屑芯谐 斜褘 胁邪褋 褋锌邪褋褌懈! 袠蟹-蟹邪 泻邪泻懈褏-褌芯 薪械褋褔邪褋褌薪褘褏 褌褉械褏褋芯褌 褌褘褋褟褔, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 褟 褔械褉械蟹 褌褉懈 懈谢懈 褔械褌褘褉械 薪械写械谢懈 胁械褉薪褍谢 斜褘 胁邪屑 胁 锌褟褌懈泻褉邪褌薪芯屑 褉邪蟹屑械褉械, 胁褘 谐芯褌芯胁褘 芯斜褉械褔褜 屑械薪褟 薪邪 褉邪蟹芯褉械薪懈械, 邪 褋械斜褟 薪邪 泻邪褌芯褉谐褍. 携 芯褌泻邪蟹褘胁邪褞褋褜 锌芯薪懈屑邪褌褜 胁邪褋, 袛卸芯褉写卸! 袙褘 薪械 胁 褋胁芯械屑 褍屑械! 袙褘 写芯 褋邪屑芯泄 褋屑械褉褌懈 斜褍写械褌械 褉邪褋泻邪懈胁邪褌褜褋褟 胁 褝褌芯屑 褉械褕械薪懈懈.''
携 泻 谐械褉芯褞 芯褌薪芯褕褍褋褜 薪械泄褌褉邪谢褜薪芯. 袨薪 锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪 泻邪泻 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褌械谢褜 薪芯胁芯谐芯 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪 胁 小楔袗 褌芯谐芯 胁褉械屑械薪懈, 褌芯谐芯, 泻褌芯 was making major difference in the lives of regular citizens. 袦薪械 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢邪褋褜 械谐芯 褍胁械褉械薪薪芯褋褌褜 胁 褋胁芯械泄 锌芯蟹懈褑懈懈. 袦芯懈 卸械谢邪薪懈褟 - 锌褉械卸写械 胁褋械谐芯, -谐芯胁芯褉懈谢 芯薪. 袠薪褌械褉械褋薪芯, 褔褌芯 胁 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢械 褎褉邪蟹邪 蟹胁褍褔懈褌 "I satisfy myself", 褔褌芯 蟹胁褍褔懈褌 泻褍写邪 屑械薪械械 胁芯蟹屑褍褌懈褌械谢褜薪芯. 袨薪 褌芯褔薪芯 蟹薪邪谢 褔械谐芯 褏芯褔械褌 芯褌 卸懈蟹薪懈, 褔褌芯 械屑褍 褋褍卸写械薪芯, 懈 泻械屑 芯薪 斜褍写械褌. 袟薪邪谢, 懈 薪械 褋芯谐谢邪褕邪谢褋褟 薪邪 屑械薪褜褕械械. 笑械褉泻芯胁褜, 斜谢褞褋褌懈褌械谢懈 屑芯褉邪谢懈, 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 - 胁褋褢 褝褌芯 械谐芯 薪械 斜械褋锌芯泻芯懈谢芯. 协褌懈屑 屑薪械 芯薪 芯褔械薪褜 懈屑锌芯薪懈褉褍械褌. 袨褋芯斜械薪薪芯 胁 锌褉芯褌懈胁芯锌芯褋褌邪胁谢械薪懈懈 械谐芯 褋芯 小褌懈薪械褉芯屑.
''袙 锌芯蟹芯褉薪芯泄 褋谢邪斜芯褋褌懈 小褌懈薪械褉邪 袣邪褍锌械褉胁褍写 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪谢 褋胁芯泄 锌褉懈谐芯胁芯褉. 效褌芯 屑芯卸薪芯 褋写械谢邪褌褜 褋 褌邪泻懈屑 褔械谢芯胁械泻芯屑? 袣邪泻 胁写芯褏薪褍褌褜 胁 薪械谐芯 斜芯写褉芯褋褌褜? 袧械褌, 褝褌芯 斜械蟹薪邪写械卸薪芯! 小 卸械褋褌芯屑, 胁褘褉邪卸邪褞褖懈屑 芯屑械褉蟹械薪懈械, 谐芯褉写芯械 褉邪胁薪芯写褍褕懈械 懈 芯褌泻邪蟹 芯褌 胁褋械褏 写邪谢褜薪械泄褕懈褏 褍胁械褖邪薪懈泄, 芯薪 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈谢褋褟 泻 胁褘褏芯写褍, 薪芯 胁 写胁械褉褟褏 芯褋褌邪薪芯胁懈谢褋褟.
鈥� 袛卸芯褉写卸, 鈥� 褋泻邪蟹邪谢 芯薪, 鈥� 屑薪械 芯褔械薪褜 卸邪谢褜, 芯褌 写褍褕懈 卸邪谢褜 胁邪褋, 邪 薪械 褋械斜褟. 携 褉邪薪芯 懈谢懈 锌芯蟹写薪芯 胁褘胁械褉薪褍褋褜. 携 斜褍写褍 斜芯谐邪褌. 袧芯 胁褘, 袛卸芯褉写卸, 褋芯胁械褉褕邪械褌械 胁械谢懈褔邪泄褕褍褞 胁 褋胁芯械泄 卸懈蟹薪懈 芯褕懈斜泻褍. 袙褘 褋褌邪薪械褌械 薪懈褖懈屑, 泻邪褌芯褉卸薪懈泻芯屑, 懈, 泻褉芯屑械 褋械斜褟, 胁邪屑 薪械泻芯谐芯 斜褍写械褌 胁懈薪懈褌褜. 袙褋褟 褝褌邪 斜懈褉卸械胁邪褟 泻芯薪褗褞薪泻褌褍褉邪 胁褘蟹胁邪薪邪 锌芯卸邪褉芯屑. 袦芯懈 写械谢邪, 械褋谢懈 薪械 褋褔懈褌邪褌褜 锌邪写械薪懈褟 褑械薪薪芯褋褌械泄 薪邪 斜懈褉卸械 胁褋谢械写褋褌胁懈械 锌邪薪懈泻懈, 胁 锌芯谢薪械泄褕械屑 锌芯褉褟写泻械. 袗 胁褘 褋懈写懈褌械 褌褍褌 锌褉懈 写械薪褜谐邪褏 懈 锌芯蟹胁芯谢褟械褌械 蟹邪锌褍谐懈胁邪褌褜 褋械斜褟 褕邪泄泻械 懈薪褌褉懈谐邪薪芯胁 懈 褕邪薪褌邪卸懈褋褌芯胁, 蟹薪邪褞褖懈褏 芯 胁邪褕懈褏 懈 屑芯懈褏 写械谢邪褏 薪械 斜芯谢褜褕械, 褔械屑 锌械褉胁褘泄 胁褋褌褉械褔薪褘泄. 袨薪懈 懈薪褌械褉械褋褍褞褌褋褟 胁邪屑懈 谢懈褕褜 锌芯褋褌芯谢褜泻褍, 锌芯褋泻芯谢褜泻褍 薪邪写械褞褌褋褟 胁邪褋 胁褘锌芯褌褉芯褕懈褌褜. 袩芯泄屑懈褌械: 芯薪懈 褍写械褉卸懈胁邪褞褌 胁邪褋 芯褌 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪薪芯谐芯 褕邪谐邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 械褖械 屑芯谐 斜褘 胁邪褋 褋锌邪褋褌懈! 袠蟹-蟹邪 泻邪泻懈褏-褌芯 薪械褋褔邪褋褌薪褘褏 褌褉械褏褋芯褌 褌褘褋褟褔, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 褟 褔械褉械蟹 褌褉懈 懈谢懈 褔械褌褘褉械 薪械写械谢懈 胁械褉薪褍谢 斜褘 胁邪屑 胁 锌褟褌懈泻褉邪褌薪芯屑 褉邪蟹屑械褉械, 胁褘 谐芯褌芯胁褘 芯斜褉械褔褜 屑械薪褟 薪邪 褉邪蟹芯褉械薪懈械, 邪 褋械斜褟 薪邪 泻邪褌芯褉谐褍. 携 芯褌泻邪蟹褘胁邪褞褋褜 锌芯薪懈屑邪褌褜 胁邪褋, 袛卸芯褉写卸! 袙褘 薪械 胁 褋胁芯械屑 褍屑械! 袙褘 写芯 褋邪屑芯泄 褋屑械褉褌懈 斜褍写械褌械 褉邪褋泻邪懈胁邪褌褜褋褟 胁 褝褌芯屑 褉械褕械薪懈懈.''
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