Theodore Dreiser Books

A naturalist novel of ambition, desire, urban life, theatre, and social drift.

A sharp novel of railroads, finance, political favors, and ruthless ambition in American capitalism.

A social novel about love, class pressure, family duty, and a woman judged by public convention.

A powerful realist novel of ambition, desire, class pressure, crime, and moral collapse.

Frank Cowperwood expands his empire through finance, politics, desire, and ruthless charm.

An artist’s hunger for beauty and success becomes a restless study of desire.