The Pit
by Frank Norris
2000FictionMarried peopleWheat tradeEconomic conditionsAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)
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Open LibraryAbout this book
This classic literary critique of turn-of-the-century capitalism in the United States reveals Norris's powerful story of an obsessed trader intent on cornering the wheat market and the consequences of his unchecked greed. The Pit was part two of a planned three part trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat (The Octopus was part one), however Norris died before completing the third novel.
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FictionMarried peopleWheat tradeEconomic conditionsAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Marriage, fiction
First published 2000Setting
Chicago (Ill.)
About the author
Frank Norris
1870-03-05 – 1902-10-25
Frank Norris, (1870-1902), was an American novelist and journalist and a leader of the Naturalism movement. Norris believed that a novel should serve a moral purpose. "The novel with a purpose," he explained, "brings the tragedies and griefs of others to notice" and "prove(s) that injustice, crime, and inequality do exist." [Source][1] [1]: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/norris.html
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