# The Titan — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Titan by Theodore Dreiser.

- [The New City](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/i-the-new-city.md): Frank Cowperwood, newly released from prison and having regained a fortune through the panic of 1873, decides to leave Philadelphia and start anew in the West. He travels to Chicago, where he is struck by the city's raw,
- [A Reconnoiter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/ii-a-reconnoiter.md): Frank Cowperwood arrives in Chicago to reconnoiter the city's financial prospects. He meets Judah Addison, president of the Lake City National Bank, and other prominent businessmen, learning about the city's booming indu
- [A Chicago Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/iii-a-chicago-evening.md): Cowperwood confides in Addison about his past conviction and divorce, gaining his support. He decides to relocate to Chicago rather than Fargo, and takes Aileen on a tour of the city's affluent neighborhoods, where she d
- [Peter Laughlin & Co.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/iv-peter-laughlin-co.md): Cowperwood forms a partnership with the seasoned but unambitious Board of Trade operator Peter Laughlin, leveraging Laughlin's deep knowledge of Chicago's financial scene to launch his own career in the city. The chapter
- [Concerning a Wife and Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/v-concerning-a-wife-and-family.md): Cowperwood, hardened by his prison experience, resolves to rule alone and avoid dangerous partnerships. He partners with Peter Laughlin as a mere tool while keeping a low profile. His lawyer, Harper Steger, negotiates a 

> 58 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_titan_se_965kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The New Queen of the Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/vi-the-new-queen-of-the-home.md)
- [VII: Chicago Gas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/vii-chicago-gas.md)
- [Now This Is Fighting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/viii-now-this-is-fighting.md)
- [In Search of Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/ix-in-search-of-victory.md)
- [A Test](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/x-a-test.md)
- [The Fruits of Daring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xi-the-fruits-of-daring.md)
- [A New Retainer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xii-a-new-retainer.md)
- [XIII: The Die Is Cast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xiii-the-die-is-cast.md)
- [Undercurrents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xiv-undercurrents.md)
- [XV: A New Affection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xv-a-new-affection.md)
- [A Fateful Interlude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xvi-a-fateful-interlude.md)
- [An Overture to Conflict](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xvii-an-overture-to-conflict.md)
- [XVIII: The Clash](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xviii-the-clash.md)
- [XIX: “Hell Hath No Fury—”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xix-hell-hath-no-fury.md)
- [Man and Superman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xx-man-and-superman.md)
- [A Matter of Tunnels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxi-a-matter-of-tunnels.md)
- [Street-Railways at Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxii-street-railways-at-last.md)
- [The Power of the Press](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxiii-the-power-of-the-press.md)
- [The Coming of Stephanie Platow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxiv-the-coming-of-stephanie-platow.md)
- [Airs from the Orient](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxv-airs-from-the-orient.md)
- [Love and War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxvi-love-and-war.md)
- [XXVII: A Financier Bewitched](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxvii-a-financier-bewitched.md)
- [XXVIII: The Exposure of Stephanie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxviii-the-exposure-of-stephanie.md)
- [A Family Quarrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxix-a-family-quarrel.md)
- [Obstacles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxx-obstacles.md)
- [XXXI: Untoward Disclosures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxi-untoward-disclosures.md)
- [A Supper Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxii-a-supper-party.md)
- [Mr. Lynde to the Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxiii-mr-lynde-to-the-rescue.md)
- [Enter Hosmer Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxiv-enter-hosmer-hand.md)
- [A Political Agreement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxv-a-political-agreement.md)
- [An Election Draws Near](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxvi-an-election-draws-near.md)
- [XXXVII: Aileen’s Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxvii-aileen-s-revenge.md)
- [An Hour of Defeat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxviii-an-hour-of-defeat.md)
- [The New Administration](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xxxix-the-new-administration.md)
- [A Trip to Louisville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xl-a-trip-to-louisville.md)
- [XLI: The Daughter of Mrs. Fleming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xli-the-daughter-of-mrs-fleming.md)
- [F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlii-f-a-cowperwood-guardian.md)
- [XLIII: The Planet Mars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xliii-the-planet-mars.md)
- [A Franchise Obtained](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xliv-a-franchise-obtained.md)
- [XLV: Changing Horizons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlv-changing-horizons.md)
- [XLVI: Depths and Heights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlvi-depths-and-heights.md)
- [American Match](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlvii-american-match.md)
- [XLVIII: Panic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlviii-panic.md)
- [Mount Olympus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/xlix-mount-olympus.md)
- [A New York Mansion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/l-a-new-york-mansion.md)
- [The Revival of Hattie Starr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/li-the-revival-of-hattie-starr.md)
- [Behind the Arras](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lii-behind-the-arras.md)
- [LIII: A Declaration of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/liii-a-declaration-of-love.md)
- [Wanted—Fifty-Year Franchises](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/liv-wanted-fifty-year-franchises.md)
- [Cowperwood and the Governor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lv-cowperwood-and-the-governor.md)
- [LVI: The Ordeal of Berenice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lvi-the-ordeal-of-berenice.md)
- [LVII: Aileen’s Last Card](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lvii-aileen-s-last-card.md)
- [LVIII: A Marauder Upon the Commonwealth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lviii-a-marauder-upon-the-commonwealth.md)
- [LIX: Capital and Public Rights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lix-capital-and-public-rights.md)
- [LX: The Net](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lx-the-net.md)
- [LXI: The Cataclysm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lxi-the-cataclysm.md)
- [LXII: The Recompense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/lxii-the-recompense.md)
- [In Retrospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_titan_se/chapters/in-retrospect.md)

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