Verfasser:
Dreiser, Theodore
Verfasser Angabe:
Theodore Dreiser. Einl. von Larzer Ziff
Personen:
Ziff, Larzer [Vorw.]
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Penguin Books
Erscheinungsort:
London
Jahr:
2008
Umfang:
XVII, 505 S.
Fußnote:
Text: Englisch
ISBN:
978-0-14-310554-1
Interessenskreise:
American Literature
Reihe:
Penguin classics
Inhalt:
A MASTER OF GRITTY NATURALISM, Theodore Dreiser explores the corruption of the American dream in The Financier. Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall come to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities - a struggle for spoils without conscience or pity. Dreiser's 1912 classic remains an unsparing social critique as well as a devastating character study of one of the most unforgettable American businessmen in twentieth-century literature.
Waldheimat
Letzter Saibling
Straight white male
Der Allesforscher
Der Metzger kommt ins Paradies
Der Metzger geht fremd
Zar Iwan der Schreckliche