The Titan
by Theodore Dreiser
The Titan (1914) is Dreiser's second novel in the Trilogy of Desire, preceded by The Financier (1912), and followed by The Stoic (1947). The series is based on the life of Chicago streetcar tycoon, Charles Tyson Yerkes. The accompanying portrait of Yerkes is by Jan van Beers (1893),
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Table of Contents
Chapter III: A Chicago Evening
Chapter IV: Peter Laughlin & Co.
Chapter V: Concerning a Wife and Family
Chapter VI: The New Queen of the Home
Chapter VIII: Now This Is Fighting
Chapter XI: In Search of Victory
Chapter XI: The Fruits of Daring
Chapter XVI: A Fateful Interlude
Chapter XVII: An Overture to Conflict
Chapter XIX: "Hell Hath No Fury---"
Chapter XX: "Man and Superman"
Chapter XXI: A Matter of Tunnels
Chapter XXII: Street-railways at Last
Chapter XXIII: The Power of the Press
Chapter XXIV: The Coming of Stephanie Platow
Chapter XXV: Airs from the Orient
Chapter XXVII: A FInancier Bewitched
Chapter XXVIII: The Exposure of Stephanie
Chapter XXIX: A Family Quarrel
Chapter XXXI: Untoward Disclosures
Chapter XXXIII: Mr. Lynde To the Rescue
Chapter XXXIV: Enter Hosmer Hand
Chapter XXXV: A Political Agreement
Chapter XXXVI: An Election Draws Near
Chapter XXXVII: Aileen's Revenge
Chapter XXXVIII: An Hour of Defeat
Chapter XXXIX: The New Administration
Chapter XL: A Trip to Louisville
Chapter XLI: The Daughter of Mrs. Fleming
Chapter XLII: F.A. Cowperwood, Guardian
Chapter XLIII: The Planet Mars
Chapter XLIV: A Franchise Obtained
Chapter XLV: Changing Horizons
Chapter XLVI: Depths and Heights
Chapter LI: The Revival of Hattie Starr
Chapter LIII: A Declaration of Love
Chapter LIV: Wanted-- Fifty-year Franchises
Chapter LV: Cowperwood and the Governor
Chapter LVI: The Ordeal of Berenice
Chapter LVII: Aileen's Last Card
Chapter LVIII: A Marauder Across the Commonwealth
Chapter LIX: Capital and Public Rights
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