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Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (/ ˈ d r aɪ s ər,-z ər /; [1] August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. [2]
Dreiser's manuscript of The Titan was rejected by Harper & Brothers, publisher of The Financier, due to its uncompromising realism; John Lane published the book in 1914. [3] The Titan is the second part of Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, a saga of ruthless businessman Frank Cowperwood (modeled after real-life streetcar tycoon Charles Yerkes).
Theodore Dreiser, the famous 20th-century novelist, had traveled to Europe to collect stories for his memoir, A Traveler at Forty. He would later write in the book that he was looking forward to ...
The Financier is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, based on real-life streetcar tycoon Charles Yerkes.Dreiser started writing his manuscript in 1911, and the following year published the first part of his lengthy work as The Financier. [1]
Six essays and one play had already been published in newspapers prior to this collection. [1]Keith Newlin has argued that Hey Rub-a-Dub-Dub follows in the wake of Dreiser's attempts at philosophy, which he had started in his 1916 book called Plays of the Natural and Supernatural and ended with Notes on Life, published posthumously in 1974.
Sister Carrie is a 1900 novel by Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) about a young woman who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream. She first becomes a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, but later becomes a famous actress.
The Trilogy of Desire is a series of three novels by Theodore Dreiser: The Financier (1912) The Titan (1914) The Stoic (1947) The protagonist of the trilogy, Frank Algernon Cowperwood, was modeled after financier Charles Yerkes. The novels narrate his rise and fall through an unscrupulous, self-centered quest for power and wealth.
The film was an adaptation of the American film A Place in the Sun, based on the novel An American Tragedy written by Theodore Dreiser. [2] The novel was inspired by the Gillette murder case that shook America in the early part of the 20th century. The original film was a major success in India. S.