Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The second volume of the -Trilogy of Desire-.

Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home, 18-year-old Caroline moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress. It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels."

The Genius is Theodore Dreisers autobiographical novel about the turn-of-the-century art scene. It explores the multiple conflicts between art and business, art and marriage, and between traditional and modern views of sexual morality. Despite heavy editing, The Genius was deemed so shocking that its sale was immediately prohibited by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was not released until 1923, and thereafter the episode confirmed Dreisers status as a writer ahead of his time.

Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist who the naturalist school and is...

The Titan is a novel by Theodore Dreiser and the sequel to The Financier.
Frank Cowperwood has moved to Chicago with new wife Aileen. His plan is to take over the street-railway system in the process bankrupting opponents with political allies. The Titan follows Cowperwood through the trials of realizing his dream, marital upheavals and social banishment.
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist who the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that...

The Financier, a novel is the first volume of the Trilogy of Desire, which includes The Titan and The Stoic.
Frank Cowperwood makes his first money by buying cheap soaps on the market and selling them to a grocer for profit. Cowperwood marries an affluent widow and over the years, he starts misusing municipal funds with the aid of the City Treasurer. The Great Chicago Fire redounds to a stock market crash, prompting him to be bankrupt and exposed. The Financier follows Cowperwood through trial, his reemergence in the financial world and a move West and a new start.
Theodore Dreiser was an...

Sister Carrie is a Theodore Dreiser novel about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream. She first becomes a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later emerges as a famous actress. Sister Carrie is considered as the "greatest of all American urban novels."
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist who the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble...

Jennie Gerhardt is a tragic romantic novel following the destitute young Jennie through loves and losses. It exemplifies the naturalism of which Dreiser was a proponent, telling the story of a working-class woman who accepts all adversity and becomes the mistress of two wealthy and powerful men in order to help her impoverished family.
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist who the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely...