Le Titan - THEODORE DREISER - TRUE première édition / 1ère impression - 1914 - John Lane boutiques

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 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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