Le Titan - THEODORE DREISER - TRUE première édition / 1ère impression - 1914 à prix réduit - John Lane

The Titan by Theodore Dreiser

Condition: VG+ or better.

Published in 1914 by John Lane in New York. First edition, first printing. In original blue à prix réduit and white mottled cloth with gilt lettering and gilt and blue art nouveau decoration. Octavo, 552 pages.

The Titan is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, completed in 1914 as a sequel to his 1912 novel The Financier. Both books were originally a single manuscript, but the narrative's length required splitting it into two separate novels. Dreiser's manuscript of The Titan was rejected by Harper & Brothers, publisher of The Financier, due to its uncompromising realism; John Lane published the book in 1914. The Titan is the second part of Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, a saga of ruthless businessman Frank Cowperwood (modeled after real-life streetcar tycoon Charles Yerkes). The third part of the trilogy, The Stoic, was Dreiser's final novel, published in 1947 after his death.

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency.

Renowned mid-century literary critic Irving Howe spoke of Dreiser as ranking "among the American giants, the very few American giants we have had."

CONDITION REPORT: VERY GOOD+ or better

Square spine with firm hinges and joints. Cloth is colorful and clean with just a few spots of soiling. Lightly sun-darkened spine. Light rubbing to spine tips and corners. A nick on the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright with no writing, foxing or ex libris marks.

In a much higher grade collectible condition than normally found! A collector's copy!

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