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1.An American Tragedy (Volume 1 of 3) (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) by: Theodore Dreiser November 05, 2008
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A long, labourious read, this. One reviewer has commented that Dreiser leaves no stone unturned. I would put it rather that he leaves no pebble unturned. The book, as far as prose style is concerned is - to be quite frank - an ugly book. Even Dreiser's admirers here and elsewhere admit this. Nevertheless, the book, a bildungsroman of the character Clyde Griffiths, leaves one, regardless of how erudite and well-read one is, unsettled and disturbed. Unlike Eugene Gant in Look Homeward, Angel or Phillip Carey in Of Human Bondage or Stephen Daedalus in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, Clyde is not particularly artistic or intellectual - or, really, particularly much of anything. This makes for, along with Dreiser's, at times, simply horrid prose, a book with which one ... Read More

2.Sister Carrie (Norton Critical Editions) by: Theodore Dreiser November 01, 2005
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"Sister Carrie" is a novel that I happened upon accidently. I ordered it when I thought I was ordering another and it was delivered to my door. Since it was recommended for a creative writing class, I figured I might as well read it since I love a long, epic novel. Little did I know what I was getting into. Carrie reads abruptly Brittish at first, with all the proper nouns and pronouns making it seem, straight away, like a snobbish and bourgoise book. Once I got past the first few pages, however, I was at once intrigued and secretly invited to hear, not read, the tale of an original fem fatale. As I read, I could actually hear the dialog and ambience of the era, horse-drawn carriages, the buzz of a cafes, restaurants and lodges. And, of course, the rather brutish brother-in-law whom ... Read More

3.The Financier (Meridian classics) by: Theodore Dreiser November 01, 1967
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This book is a must read for any investor. It makes clear that economic bubbles and financial crises have the same causes in all centuries: excessive debt, secured by speculative assets. Once the collateral falls in price, the lender requires to repay the debt or add more collateral. Since the borrower have used excessive leverage, he is unable to handle the debt and goes bankrupt, which leaves the lender with illiquid assets. Here are some examples: 1871: Frank Cowperwood have used stocks of Philadelphia's railroads as a collateral to huge loans, and when the Great Chicago Fire sparked a financial panic, he could neither repay the debt nor add more collateral, thus became insolvent. 1929: Widespread use of margin, of up to 90% was one of the reasons of the Great Depression. The investor could ... Read More

4.Sister Carrie (Enriched Classics) by: Theodore Dreiser July 01, 2008
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This book is a must read for any investor. It makes clear that economic bubbles and financial crises have the same causes in all centuries: excessive debt, secured by speculative assets. Once the collateral falls in price, the lender requires to repay the debt or add more collateral. Since the borrower have used excessive leverage, he is unable to handle the debt and goes bankrupt, which leaves the lender with illiquid assets. Here are some examples: 1871: Frank Cowperwood have used stocks of Philadelphia's railroads as a collateral to huge loans, and when the Great Chicago Fire sparked a financial panic, he could neither repay the debt nor add more collateral, thus became insolvent. 1929: Widespread use of margin, of up to 90% was one of the reasons of the Great Depression. The investor could ... Read More

5.AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY --- UPDATED w/LINKED TOC by: Theodore Dreiser November 22, 2008
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This book is a must read for any investor. It makes clear that economic bubbles and financial crises have the same causes in all centuries: excessive debt, secured by speculative assets. Once the collateral falls in price, the lender requires to repay the debt or add more collateral. Since the borrower have used excessive leverage, he is unable to handle the debt and goes bankrupt, which leaves the lender with illiquid assets. Here are some examples: 1871: Frank Cowperwood have used stocks of Philadelphia's railroads as a collateral to huge loans, and when the Great Chicago Fire sparked a financial panic, he could neither repay the debt nor add more collateral, thus became insolvent. 1929: Widespread use of margin, of up to 90% was one of the reasons of the Great Depression. The investor could ... Read More

6.Theodore Dreiser : Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, Twelve Men (Library of America) by: Theodore Dreiser June 15, 1987
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This book is a must read for any investor. It makes clear that economic bubbles and financial crises have the same causes in all centuries: excessive debt, secured by speculative assets. Once the collateral falls in price, the lender requires to repay the debt or add more collateral. Since the borrower have used excessive leverage, he is unable to handle the debt and goes bankrupt, which leaves the lender with illiquid assets. Here are some examples: 1871: Frank Cowperwood have used stocks of Philadelphia's railroads as a collateral to huge loans, and when the Great Chicago Fire sparked a financial panic, he could neither repay the debt nor add more collateral, thus became insolvent. 1929: Widespread use of margin, of up to 90% was one of the reasons of the Great Depression. The investor could ... Read More

7.Jennie Gerhardt by: Theodore Dreiser January 31, 2008
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This is a great novel, more compact than Sister Carrie and somehow even more engrossing. The novel has a subtle, constant, building intensity such that it stayed in my head when I was away from it, and I actively anticipated resuming it as soon as possible. When I started it I thought it might be a sort of repackaged Sister Carrie, but it's not. Jennie Gerhardt is a distinctive novel, and just adds confirmation of the obvious--Dreiser can plot a big story and develop complex, emotionally affecting characters as well as anyone. I did not expect the wallop this novel packs. I'm puzzled that it's not widely and popularly regarded as a classic. I think it should be.

8.Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by: Theodore Dreiser October 20, 1994
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The Dover Thrift Edition of "Short Stories" by Theodore Dreiser contains five tales by this important American writer. The copyright page notes that the stories are reprinted from Dreiser's 1918 volume "Free and Other Stories." This Dover edition includes a historically relevant 1918 introduction by Sherwood Anderson. The stories are as follows: "Free," in which an architect, facing the serious illness of his wife, reflects on his life and the choices he has made; "Nigger Jeff," a stunning tale that opens with a reporter getting a tip on a possibly imminent lynching; "The Lost Phoebe," a moving story that follows an elderly man after the death of his wife; "The Second Chance," in which a young woman is torn between two men, one exciting but impulsive, one dull but dependable; and finally "Married," about the conflict between a musician ... Read More

9.SISTER CARRIE - KINDLE EDITION [ENG] by: Theodore Dreiser June 02, 2008
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The Dover Thrift Edition of "Short Stories" by Theodore Dreiser contains five tales by this important American writer. The copyright page notes that the stories are reprinted from Dreiser's 1918 volume "Free and Other Stories." This Dover edition includes a historically relevant 1918 introduction by Sherwood Anderson. The stories are as follows: "Free," in which an architect, facing the serious illness of his wife, reflects on his life and the choices he has made; "Nigger Jeff," a stunning tale that opens with a reporter getting a tip on a possibly imminent lynching; "The Lost Phoebe," a moving story that follows an elderly man after the death of his wife; "The Second Chance," in which a young woman is torn between two men, one exciting but impulsive, one dull but dependable; and finally "Married," about the conflict between a musician ... Read More

10.The Titan by: Theodore Dreiser July 26, 2008
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This book is a must read for any investor. It makes clear that economic bubbles and financial crises have the same causes in all centuries: excessive debt, secured by speculative assets. Once the collateral falls in price, the lender requires to repay the debt or add more collateral. Since the borrower have used excessive leverage, he is unable to handle the debt and goes bankrupt, which leaves the lender with illiquid assets. Here are some examples: 1871: Frank Cowperwood have used stocks of Philadelphia's railroads as a collateral to huge loans, and when the Great Chicago Fire sparked a financial panic, he could neither repay the debt nor add more collateral, thus became insolvent. 1929: Widespread use of margin, of up to 90% was one of the reasons of the Great Depression. The investor could buy $100,000 worth of stock with $10,000 ... Read More

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