The Financier (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Theodore Dreiser
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: c. 1850-1874
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Justice, United States or Americans, Politics, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Trials, Adultery, Moral conditions, Corruption, Wealth, Finance
- Locales: Philadelphia, PA
Places Discussed
*Philadelphia. Principal city of Pennsylvania between 1837—the year of protagonist Frank Algernon Cowperwood’s birth—and 1873—the year of a great stock panic that Cowperwood exploited to his advantage. Philadelphia was by implication a relatively crude major city compared to Boston and New York, without telegraphs, phones, stamps, city mail, ocean steamers, or streetcars as the novel begins. Its 250,000 inhabitants are dominated by a Republican hierarchy, many of whose leaders are uncouth. Although Cowperwood is under no illusions as to the quality of...
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