The Genius Author:Theodore Dreiser The "Genius" stands as the most directly personal of Theodore Dreiser's novels - and, to the original audience which recoiled from its unprecedented seual candor, the most shocking, its story traces the career of Eugene Witla, a talented young artist from a small town in the Midwest. Seeking fulfillment in art and life, he comes first to Chicago... more » and then to New York.« less