The Titan


Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)

(4.5 stars; 43 reviews)

Cowperwood moves to Chicago with his new wife Aileen. He decides to take over the street-railway system. He bankrupts several opponents with the help of John J. McKenty and other political allies. Meanwhile, Chicago society finds out about his past in Philadelphia and the couple are no longer invited to dinner parties; after a while, the press turns on him too. Cowperwood is unfaithful many times. Aileen finds out about a certain Rita and beats her up. She gives up on him and has an affair with Polk Lynde, a man of privilege; she eventually loses faith in him. Meanwhile, Cowperwood meets young Berenice Fleming; by the end of the novel, he tells her he loves her and she accepts to live with him. However, the ending is bittersweet as Cowperwood has not managed to obtain the fifty-year franchise for his railway schemes that he wanted. This is Book 2 of Trilogy Of Desire. (Introduction by Wikipedia) (22 hr 24 min)

Chapitres

01 - The New City 10:57 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
02 - A Reconnotier 19:09 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
03 - A Chicago Evening 15:48 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
04 - Peter Laughlin & Co. 14:50 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
05 - Concerning A New Wife And Family 9:35 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
06 - The New Queen of the Home 20:36 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
07 - Chicago Gas 17:33 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
08 - Now This is Fighting 16:06 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
09 - In Search of Victory 30:26 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
10 - A Test 20:12 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
11 - The Fruits of Daring 18:56 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
12 - A New Retainer 25:23 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
13 - The Die is Cast 30:56 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
14 - Undercurrents 33:39 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
15 - A New Affection 16:21 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
16 - A Fateful Interlude 24:58 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
17 - An Overture to Conflict 10:56 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
18 - The Clash 29:36 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
19 - "Hell Hath No Fury--" 16:15 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
20 - "Man and Superman" 13:37 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
21 - A Matter of Tunnels 27:15 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
22 - Street-railways at Last 19:50 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
23 - The Power of the Press 34:22 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
24 - The Coming of Stephanie Platow 23:22 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
25 - Airs from the Orient 11:59 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
26 - Love and War 25:55 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
27 - A Financier Bewitched 17:06 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
28 - The Exposure of Stephanie 22:37 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
29 - A Family Quarrel 23:12 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
30 - Obstacles 19:17 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
31 - Untoward Disclosures 17:47 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
32 - A Supper Party 24:50 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
33 - Mr. Lynde to the Rescue 17:22 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
34 - Enter Hosmer Hand 22:27 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
35 - A Political Agreement 22:58 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
36 - An Election Draws Near 12:52 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
37 - Aileen's Revenge 27:54 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
38 - An Hour of Defeat 30:08 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
39 - The New Adminisrtration 23:26 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
40 - A Trip to Louisville 22:32 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
41 - The Daughter of Mrs. Fleming 12:38 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
42 - F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian 17:51 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
43 - The Planet Mars 25:27 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
44 - A Franchise Obtained 16:52 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
45 - Changing Horizons 21:16 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
46 - Depths and Heights 21:51 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
47 - American Match 29:36 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
48 - Panic 28:45 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
49 - Mount Olympus 32:51 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
50 - A New York Mansion 16:58 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
51 - The Revival of Hattie Star 29:34 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
52 - Behind the Arras 14:23 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
53 - A Declaration of Love 22:45 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
54 - Wanted--Fifty-year Franchises 30:58 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
55 - Cowperwoood and the Governor 22:54 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
56 - The Ordeal of Berenice 20:46 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
57 - Aileen's Last Card 31:19 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
58 - A Marauder Upon the Commonwealth 18:59 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
59 - Capital and Public Rights 18:46 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
60 - The Net 15:57 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
61 - The Cataclysm 36:27 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
62 - The Recompense 7:34 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
63 - In Retrospect 6:34 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)

Critiques

great narrator


(2 stars)

I thoroughly enjoyed the life of his brilliant business and his new wife Eileen. I less enjoyed the repetitive parts of his girlfriends although well written.

good reader, very questionable story


(4 stars)

Anyone "conventional" or holding old fashioned "morality" will be offended by this story but it is worth listening to so that you can have a picture window into the souls of the people who despise you. I am speaking of the author, who was apparently very like his Titan, of the title, regarding women. I'm not a feminist at all, but I can understand why women freak out about some of the mores of the past.....especially those belonging to this class of man. Again, thanks to the reader, who is one I particularly like. Remember, reviewers, these people read for free. Have a little charity in your reviews.