пятница, 21 сентября 2012 г.

Pleasure Reading ( Theodore Dreiser - The Financier ) 65 - 130

Frank's inner world was full of great and positive emotions, he fell in love with Lilian, his deal with the shares of railroad tracks was focused on success. But it was very difficult for him to gain a favor of Lilian's heart. She was afraid of different people and their thoughts about her new passion, and besides she was older, thatn Fraknk and just trying   to be coldly and closed, but resist the heat of the new love and sharp mind of  Cowperwood Jr.  was impossible for he and so finally her external armor was cracked and they decide to get marry in three monthes.
Their family had to share some space for some new incomers - Lilian was pregnant, and gave to happy Frank two children - boy and girl. The improvement in accounting of bills gave Frank a lot of new ways to сapital investment and his annual rate raised ( besides his wife was the owner of a decent material possessions, inherited from her husband ) and they finally could built their own house ( with the purchase of the some area near the future home of his father, whose banking  was also at the high level.
After some years, Frank gained an important reputation of an excellent broker,  merchant, stockbroker, the pawnbroker, a budding investor, but there was the time of a War between South and North. So, the money had been devalued, large sums just went for the army  support ( equipment ,active hostilities ) and Frank had to start his new deal in his favorite stock exchange business with such Titan, as Mr. Butler. Frank's aim was to to play the role of  stock exchange deadler and bank manager, to deposit a large sum of $ 5 million and a profit in percent of the rate.
By the way, the time passed and his wife after two childbirths had lost her grace and elusive feminine charm and light. His thoughts were directed to Mr. Butler's daughter, who was so beautiful and young.

1 комментарий:

  1. Not bad.
    Slips:
    .. than Frank ... be COLD (coldly is an adverb)...
    ... but TO resist ... ... for HER ... they decidED ..
    ... they could finally builD ...
    of some area (no article) etc..
    .. there was a war between the North and the South

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