The Trilogy of Desire is a series of three novels by Theodore Dreiser:

Trilogy of Desire
First combined edition
AuthorTheodore Dreiser
PublisherWorld Publishing
Publication date
1972
Pages1,365
ISBN978-0529046826

The protagonist of the trilogy, Frank Algernon Cowperwood, was modeled after financier Charles Yerkes. The novels narrate his rise and fall through an unscrupulous, self-centered quest for power and wealth.

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