The TitanFront matterReading editionChapter navigation63 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter I · The New CityChapter II · A ReconnoiterChapter III · A Chicago EveningChapter IV · Peter Laughlin & Co.Chapter V · Concerning A Wife And FamilyChapter VI · The New Queen of the HomeChapter VII · Chicago GasChapter VIII · Now This is FightingChapter IX · In Search of VictoryChapter X · A TestChapter XI · The Fruits of DaringChapter XII · A New RetainerChapter XIII · The Die is CastChapter XIV · UndercurrentsChapter XV · A New AffectionChapter XVI · A Fateful InterludeChapter XVII · An Overture to ConflictChapter XVIII · The ClashChapter XIX · “Hell Hath No Fury—”Chapter XX · “Man and Superman”Chapter XXI · A Matter of TunnelsChapter XXII · Street-railways at LastChapter XXIII · The Power of the PressChapter XXIV · The Coming of Stephanie PlatowChapter XXV · Airs from the OrientChapter XXVI · Love and WarChapter XXVII · A Financier BewitchedChapter XXVIII · The Exposure of StephanieChapter XXIX · A Family QuarrelChapter XXX · ObstaclesChapter XXXI · Untoward DisclosuresChapter XXXII · A Supper PartyChapter XXXIII · Mr. Lynde to the RescueChapter XXXIV · Enter Hosmer HandChapter XXXV · A Political AgreementChapter XXXVI · An Election Draws NearChapter XXXVII · Aileen’s RevengeChapter XXXVIII · An Hour of DefeatChapter XXXIX · The New AdministrationChapter XL · A Trip to LouisvilleChapter XLI · The Daughter of Mrs. FlemingChapter XLII · F. A. Cowperwood, GuardianChapter XLIII · The Planet MarsChapter XLIV · A Franchise ObtainedChapter XLV · Changing HorizonsChapter XLVI · Depths and HeightsChapter XLVII · American MatchChapter XLVIII · PanicChapter XLIX · Mount OlympusChapter L · A New York MansionChapter LI · The Revival of Hattie StarrChapter LII · Behind the ArrasChapter LIII · A Declaration of LoveChapter LIV · Wanted—Fifty-year FranchisesChapter LV · Cowperwood and the GovernorChapter LVI · The Ordeal of BereniceChapter LVII · Aileen’s Last CardChapter LVIII · A Marauder Upon the CommonwealthChapter LIX · Capital and Public RightsChapter LX · The NetChapter LXI · The CataclysmChapter LXII · The RecompenseBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · The New CityAll chapters and sections (63)Opening pagesFront matterChapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162coverThe Titanby Theodore DreiserCHAPTER I. The New City →