Trilogy of Desire

The Trilogy of Desire is a series of three novels by Theodore Dreiser:

First combined edition
(publ. World Publishing)

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.

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