TitanTheodore Dreiser
Titan
Cowperwood moves to Chicago with his new wife Aileen. He decides to take over the street-railway system. He bankrupts several opponents with the help of John J. McKenty and other political allies. Meanwhile, Chicago society finds out about his past in Philadelphia and the couple are no longer invited to dinner parties; after a while, the press turns on him too. Cowperwood is unfaithful many times. Aileen finds out about a certain Rita and beats her up. She gives up on him and has an affair with Polk Lynde, a man of privilege; she eventually loses faith in him. Meanwhile, Cowperwood meets young Berenice Fleming; by the end of the novel, he tells her he loves her and she accepts to live with him. However, the ending is bittersweet as Cowperwood has not managed to obtain the fifty-year franchise for his railway schemes that he wanted. This is Book 2 of Trilogy Of Desire. (Introduction by Wikipedia)
Audiolibros
63 capítulos
22 h 24 min
- 1 0The New City10:57
- 2 0A Reconnotier19:09
- 3 0A Chicago Evening15:48
- 4 0Peter Laughlin & Co.14:50
- 5 0Concerning A New Wife And Family9:35
- 6 0The New Queen of the Home20:36
- 7 0Chicago Gas17:33
- 8 0Now This is Fighting16:06
- 9 0In Search of Victory30:26
- 10 A Test20:12
- 11 The Fruits of Daring18:56
- 12 A New Retainer25:23
- 13 The Die is Cast30:56
- 14 Undercurrents33:39
- 15 A New Affection16:21
- 16 A Fateful Interlude24:58
- 17 An Overture to Conflict10:56
- 18 The Clash29:36
- 19 "Hell Hath No Fury--"16:15
- 20 "Man and Superman"13:37
- 21 A Matter of Tunnels27:15
- 22 Street-railways at Last19:50
- 23 The Power of the Press34:22
- 24 The Coming of Stephanie Platow23:22
- 25 Airs from the Orient11:59
- 26 Love and War25:55
- 27 A Financier Bewitched17:06
- 28 The Exposure of Stephanie22:37
- 29 A Family Quarrel23:12
- 30 Obstacles19:17
- 31 Untoward Disclosures17:47
- 32 A Supper Party24:50
- 33 Mr. Lynde to the Rescue17:22
- 34 Enter Hosmer Hand22:27
- 35 A Political Agreement22:58
- 36 An Election Draws Near12:52
- 37 Aileen's Revenge27:54
- 38 An Hour of Defeat30:08
- 39 The New Adminisrtration23:26
- 40 A Trip to Louisville22:32
- 41 The Daughter of Mrs. Fleming12:38
- 42 F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian17:51
- 43 The Planet Mars25:27
- 44 A Franchise Obtained16:52
- 45 Changing Horizons21:16
- 46 Depths and Heights21:51
- 47 American Match29:36
- 48 Panic28:45
- 49 Mount Olympus32:51
- 50 A New York Mansion16:58
- 51 The Revival of Hattie Star29:34
- 52 Behind the Arras14:23
- 53 A Declaration of Love22:45
- 54 Wanted--Fifty-year Franchises30:58
- 55 Cowperwoood and the Governor22:54
- 56 The Ordeal of Berenice20:46
- 57 Aileen's Last Card31:19
- 58 A Marauder Upon the Commonwealth18:59
- 59 Capital and Public Rights18:46
- 60 The Net15:57
- 61 The Cataclysm36:27
- 62 The Recompense7:34
- 63 In Retrospect6:34
