The Stoic (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Theodore Dreiser
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Chicago, New York, London, and Paris
- Principal Characters: Frank A. Cowperwood, Aileen Cowperwood, Berenice Fleming, Philip Henshaw, Montague Greaves, Bruce Tollifer, Lord Stane, Lorna Maris, Marigold Brainerd, Dr. Jefferson James
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Values, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Twentieth century, New York City, Betrayal, Paris, Adultery, Subways, London, Business or business people, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Wealth, Finance, Estate planning
- Locales: New York, Paris, France, London, England
The Story:
Frank Cowperwood, nearing age sixty, had just lost his long struggle to gain a fifty-year franchise to control the transportation system in Chicago. In addition, he and Aileen, his second wife, had failed to achieve the social prominence to which they felt their wealth entitled them. At the time of Cowperwood’s defeat, Berenice Fleming, an attractive young woman whom he had loved for eight years, quite unexpectedly agreed to become his mistress. Berenice knew that Cowperwood intended to stay married to Aileen; Cowperwood agreed to continue to support...
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