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Frank Algernon Cowperwood, the central character of Theodore Dreiser's previous work "The Financier," is now out of the Eastern District Penitentiary of Philadelphia. He still has his mistress and his fortune, plans to divorce his wife, and leaves for Chicago to scout its possibilities for a future home. He has letters of introduction to the most influential people--a bank president named Mr. Addison, for a start. Cowperwood is presented to others--lawyers, businessmen, and judges. At this beginning not one of them knew he had been incarcerated, and he wondered if that knowledge would affect…
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305 editions · 2 languages- Hardcover · English · 2022Mint Editions · 488 pages · 9781513135427
- Paperback · English · 2021Mint Editions · 488 pages · 9781513282367
- Paperback · English · 2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 516 pages · 9781717325365
- Paperback · English · 2018Franklin Classics · 554 pages · 9780341879442
- Paperback · English · 2018Franklin Classics Trade Press · 554 pages · 9780343836955
- Paperback · English · 2017Pinnacle Press · 584 pages · 9781374817159
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