The Financier

First published in the year 1912, the present fictional novel 'The Financier' by Theodore Dreiser is the first volume of the Trilogy of Desire, which includes 'The Titan' (1914) and 'The Stoic' (1947). Set in Philadelphia, the novel is about Frank Cowperwood, whose father is a banker, makes his first money passing by an auction sale, he successfully bids for seven cases of Castile soap, which he sells to a grocer the same day with a profit of over 70 percent.