Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) is a famous American writer and public figure, whose works have been admired by readers all over the world for over a hundred years. "The Financier" (1912) is the first novel of the "Trilogy of Desire" cycle, which is based on the life story of the American millionaire Charles Yerkes.The main character of the novel - Frank Copperwood - understood from childhood that the "masters of life" in Only very wealthy people can come to America. He starts stock market speculation, but the "powers of this world" do not yet consider Cowperwood their own, so he is tried for breaking the law, and he goes to prison.After leaving prison, the hero makes up for what he lost, starts speculating again on the stock market and uses his chance to make a lot of money from the banking crisis. Now he feels like a real winner.