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The Financier

Gelesen von Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

(4,639 Sterne; 54 Bewertungen)

In Philadelphia, Frank Cowperwood, whose father is a banker, makes his first money by buying cheap soaps on the market and selling it back with profit to a grocer. Later, he gets a job in Henry Waterman & Company, and leaves it for Tighe & Company. He also marries an affluent widow, in spite of his young age. Over the years, he starts embezzling municipal funds. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire redounds to a stock market crash, prompting him to be bankrupt and exposed. Although he attempts to browbeat his way out of being sentenced to jail by intimidating Mr Stener, politicians from the Republican Party use their influence to use him as a scapegoat for their own corrupt practices. Meanwhile, he has an affair with Aileen Butler, a young girl, subsequent to losing faith in his wife. She vows to wait for him after his jail sentence. Her father, Mr Butler dies; she grows apart from her family. Frank divorces his wife. Sometime after being released, he invests in stocks subsequent to the Panic of 1873, and becomes a millionaire again. He decides to move out of Philadelphia and start a new life in the West. (Introduction by Wikipedia) This is Book 1 of Trilogy of Desire. (21 hr 49 min)

Chapters

01 - Chapter 01

14:45

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02 - Chapter 02

18:30

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03 - Chapter 03

25:54

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04 - Chapter 04

14:50

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05 - Chapter 05

12:03

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06 - Chapter 06

23:43

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07 - Chapter 07

16:28

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08 - Chapter 08

11:05

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09 - Chapter 09

6:42

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10 - Chapter 10

23:03

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11 - Chapter 11

19:58

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12 - Chapter 12

19:15

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13 - Chapter 13

21:44

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14 - Chapter 14

30:26

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15 - Chapter 15

16:16

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16 - Chapter 16

15:56

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17 - Chapter 17

27:36

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18 - Chapter 18

19:08

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19 - Chapter 19

13:39

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20 - Chapter 20

17:01

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21 - Chapter 21

27:35

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22 - Chapter 22

24:54

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23 - Chapter 23

33:13

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24 - Chapter 24

11:19

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25 - Chapter 25

1:05:40

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26 - Chapter 26

28:42

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27 - Chapter 27

21:30

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28 - Chapter 28

17:23

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29 - Chapter 29

17:26

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30 - Chapter 30

14:30

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31 - Chapter 31

10:29

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32 - Chapter 32

20:01

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33 - Chapter 33

28:28

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34 - Chapter 34

19:55

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35 - Chapter 35

21:40

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36 - Chapter 36

30:55

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37 - Chapter 37

26:42

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38 - Chapter 38

29:03

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39 - Chapter 39

16:53

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40 - Chapter 40

16:17

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41 - Chapter 41

23:46

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42 - Chapter 42

20:21

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43 - Chapter 43

49:04

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44 - Chapter 44

21:32

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45 - Chapter 45

11:23

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46 - Chapter 46

29:15

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47 - Chapter 47

16:28

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48 - Chapter 48

18:21

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49 - Chapter 49

18:19

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50 - Chapter 50

13:28

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51 - Chapter 51

6:57

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52 - Chapter 52

27:15

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53 - Chapter 53

43:00

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54 - Chapter 54

32:01

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55 - Chapter 55

26:15

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56 - Chapter 56

23:54

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57 - Chapter 57

23:56

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58 - Chapter 58

23:09

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59 - Chapter 59

22:19

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60 - Concerning Mycteroperca Bonaci

4:46

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61 - The Magic Crystal

3:06

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Bewertungen

Wonderful

(5 Sterne)

Thank you for posting this absolutely excellent reading of a truly brilliant novel - great pick - I REALLY hope you read the entire Dreiser "Trilogy of Desire"! Very glad to have come across this recent reading.

There's no chance of recording the *entire* trilogy, I'm afraid.

(0 Sterne)

At least not for a very long time. These servers are in the U.S., so U.S. copyright law is applied at LibriVox, and works first copyrighted after January 1, 1923 and whose copyrights were renewed are protected until 95 years after their publication date. Dreiser's final novel in the trilogy, "The Stoic", was first published in 1947, meaning it will not be available for us to record until 2043. But on the bright side, "The Titan", the sequel to this novel, is well within the public domain and has been recorded by the same reader.

great narrator

(4 Sterne)

it's a bit slower than our fast paced movies now days, but quite a lot happens in the story. I really enjoyed listening to it. the writer painted a vivid picture of the life of an "incredible" man

Really good

(5 Sterne)

Thank you R. Kilmer. Fascinating story with a fabulous reader - need I say more?

(5 Sterne)

Richard at his brilliant best I really enjoyed it

Here are my Five stars.

(5 Sterne)

Excellent.