The Stoic

The Stoic

First edition
Author	Theodore Dreiser
Language	English
Series	A Trilogy of Desire
Publisher	Doubleday & Company
Publication date	1947
Publication place	United States
Preceded by	The Titan

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The Stoic is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, written in 1945 and first published in 1947. It is the conclusion of his Trilogy of Desire, which includes The Financier (1912) and The Titan (1914). This series of novels depicts Frank Cowperwood, a businessman based on the real-life streetcar tycoon Charles Yerkes. Dreiser had attempted to complete his trilogy in the early 1930s, but he was unable to begin The Stoic until near the end of his life; he died before he could finish the manuscript, and his widow Helen assembled the novel's final pages.^[1]