| Trilogy of Desire | |
| Author: | Theodore Dreiser |
| Pub Date: | 1972 |
| Publisher: | World Publishing |
| Isbn: | 978-0529046826 |
| Pages: | 1,365 |
The Trilogy of Desire is a series of three novels by Theodore Dreiser:
The protagonist of the trilogy, Frank Algernon Cowperwood, was modeled after financier Charles Yerkes. The novels narrate his rise and fall through an unscrupulous, self-centered quest for power and wealth.