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Title: The Titan

Author: Theodore Dreiser

Posting Date: April 23, 2009 [EBook #3629]
Release Date: January, 2003
First Posted: June 15, 2001

Language: English

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The Titan

by

Theodore Dreiser

CONTENTS

I The New City
II A Reconnoiter
III A Chicago Evening
IV Peter Laughlin & Co.
V Concerning A Wife And Family
VI The New Queen of the Home
VII Chicago Gas
VIII Now This is Fighting
IX In Search of Victory
X A Test
XI The Fruits of Daring
XII A New Retainer
XIII The Die is Cast
XIV Undercurrents
XV A New Affection
XVI A Fateful Interlude
XVII An Overture to Conflict
XVIII The Clash
XIX "Hell Hath No Fury--"
XX "Man and Superman"
XXI A Matter of Tunnels
XXII Street-railways at Last
XXIII The Power of the Press
XXIV The Coming of Stephanie Platow
XXV Airs from the Orient
XXVI Love and War
XXVII A Financier Bewitched
XXVIII The Exposure of Stephanie
XXIX A Family Quarrel
XXX Obstacles
XXXI Untoward Disclosures
XXXII A Supper Party
XXXIII Mr. Lynde to the Rescue
XXXIV Enter Hosmer Hand
XXXV A Political Agreement
XXXVI An Election Draws Near
XXXVII Aileen's Revenge
XXXVIII An Hour of Defeat
XXXIX The New Administration
XL A Trip to Louisville
XLI The Daughter of Mrs. Fleming
XLII F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian
XLIII The Planet Mars
XLIV A Franchise Obtained
XLV Changing Horizons
XLVI Depths and Heights
XLVII American Match
XLVIII Panic
XLIX Mount Olympus
L A New York Mansion
LI The Revival of Hattie Starr
LII Behind the Arras
LIII A Declaration of Love
LIV Wanted--Fifty-year Franchises
LV Cowperwood and the Governor
LVI The Ordeal of Ber