The Titan


Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

(4.6 stars; 41 reviews)

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) (22 hr 24 min)

Chapters

01 - The New City 10:57 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
02 - A Reconnotier 19:09 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
03 - A Chicago Evening 15:48 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
04 - Peter Laughlin & Co. 14:50 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
05 - Concerning A New Wife And Family 9:35 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
06 - The New Queen of the Home 20:36 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
07 - Chicago Gas 17:33 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
08 - Now This is Fighting 16:06 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
09 - In Search of Victory 30:26 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
10 - A Test 20:12 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
11 - The Fruits of Daring 18:56 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
12 - A New Retainer 25:23 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
13 - The Die is Cast 30:56 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
14 - Undercurrents 33:39 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
15 - A New Affection 16:21 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
16 - A Fateful Interlude 24:58 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
17 - An Overture to Conflict 10:56 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
18 - The Clash 29:36 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
19 - "Hell Hath No Fury--" 16:15 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
20 - "Man and Superman" 13:37 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
21 - A Matter of Tunnels 27:15 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
22 - Street-railways at Last 19:50 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
23 - The Power of the Press 34:22 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
24 - The Coming of Stephanie Platow 23:22 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
25 - Airs from the Orient 11:59 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
26 - Love and War 25:55 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
27 - A Financier Bewitched 17:06 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
28 - The Exposure of Stephanie 22:37 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
29 - A Family Quarrel 23:12 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
30 - Obstacles 19:17 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
31 - Untoward Disclosures 17:47 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
32 - A Supper Party 24:50 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
33 - Mr. Lynde to the Rescue 17:22 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
34 - Enter Hosmer Hand 22:27 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
35 - A Political Agreement 22:58 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
36 - An Election Draws Near 12:52 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
37 - Aileen's Revenge 27:54 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
38 - An Hour of Defeat 30:08 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
39 - The New Adminisrtration 23:26 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
40 - A Trip to Louisville 22:32 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
41 - The Daughter of Mrs. Fleming 12:38 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
42 - F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian 17:51 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
43 - The Planet Mars 25:27 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
44 - A Franchise Obtained 16:52 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
45 - Changing Horizons 21:16 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
46 - Depths and Heights 21:51 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
47 - American Match 29:36 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
48 - Panic 28:45 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
49 - Mount Olympus 32:51 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
50 - A New York Mansion 16:58 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
51 - The Revival of Hattie Star 29:34 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
52 - Behind the Arras 14:23 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
53 - A Declaration of Love 22:45 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
54 - Wanted--Fifty-year Franchises 30:58 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
55 - Cowperwoood and the Governor 22:54 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
56 - The Ordeal of Berenice 20:46 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
57 - Aileen's Last Card 31:19 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
58 - A Marauder Upon the Commonwealth 18:59 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
59 - Capital and Public Rights 18:46 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
60 - The Net 15:57 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
61 - The Cataclysm 36:27 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
62 - The Recompense 7:34 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
63 - In Retrospect 6:34 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

Reviews

good reader, very questionable story


(4 stars)

Anyone "conventional" or holding old fashioned "morality" will be offended by this story but it is worth listening to so that you can have a picture window into the souls of the people who despise you. I am speaking of the author, who was apparently very like his Titan, of the title, regarding women. I'm not a feminist at all, but I can understand why women freak out about some of the mores of the past.....especially those belonging to this class of man. Again, thanks to the reader, who is one I particularly like. Remember, reviewers, these people read for free. Have a little charity in your reviews.

great narrator


(2 stars)

I thoroughly enjoyed the life of his brilliant business and his new wife Eileen. I less enjoyed the repetitive parts of his girlfriends although well written.