A Trilogy of Desire As I know, these books were written based on a real-life story. The first book entitles 'The Financier' tells us about a person whose name is Frank. He was born in Philadelphia. His father works in a bank. He became interested in finance, stocks, and everything related to money from childhood. He made his first money passing by an auction sale. He bought some soaps and was able to sell them to a grocer the same day much more expensive. Later, he got a job and married a widow. I don't remember what he was doing in his first job. He kept financial records or something. In his second job, he had to buy and sell stocks. Then, he decided to leave the job and start doing the same on his own. One morning, Frank went to the house of a business partner and saw his young daughter there. He fell in love with Aileen. Although he had a wife and two children, he decided to divorce his wife. Frank had the opportunity to take money from the city budget, even though it was not legal. He could increase the money rapidly. He invested in one enterprise and started to lose his money because of The Great Chicago Fire in 1871. He tried to save his money but he couldn't do that. Frank went to prison because he was caught taking money from the city budget. Then, he got out of prison 2-3 years later. All this time, Aileen was waiting for him. Frank was able to make about 1 million dollars from the fact that one company went bankrupt. And now, I can say that The Financier is my favorite book of fiction. The second part I liked more than the first one. Now I am reading the last part of The Trilogy Desire, entitled The Stoic.