The Pit
First published 1903
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Frank Norris’s “The Pit” is as American as Apple Pie
The 250th anniversary year of the United States Declaration of Independence puts one in a frame of mind to reflect on what we consider American values. For some, those values include hard work, innovation, and owning land. For others, the same qualities can devolve into relentless greed…
By Lori Hall-Araujo
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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.
Catalogue record
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 336 pages
- Publisher
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 978-1-9875-7773-0
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- Publisher
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Pages
- 336
- ISBNs
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- 978-1-9875-7773-0
- 978-1-6973-1595-0
- 978-1-7170-7315-0
- 978-1-02-065891-4
- 978-1-6977-6639-4
- 979-8-6268-3678-3
- Author
- Norris, Frank
- Statement
- The Pit / Frank Norris.
- Records
- Open Library
- Married people
- Wheat trade
- Economic conditions
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Buddhism
- Influence
- Civilization
- Chicago (Ill.)