I’m just finishing up a novel called The Financier by Theodore Dreiser that I picked up at Half Price Books. The novel was written in 1912, and it describes the financial ruin of a broker that occurred when he was overleveraged and stocks turned sharply lower after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Keep in mind that this novel was written before the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression ever occurred. It’s very interesting to see that events such as the current economic crisis have been occurring for hundreds of years. This novel certainly helps to put everything into perspective. Because the novel is so old, the English is a little strange at some points, and it also contains some financial jargon that’s kind of technical. However, the storyline is easy to follow, and I would definitely recommend it.

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