The Pit by Frank Norris

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The author's unfinished trilogy, begun in "The Octopus", continues in this novel about a trader intent on cornering the wheat market. Curtis's obsession with controlling the market and his domination of his emotionally dependent wife are the basis of this book.

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The Pit by Frank Norris

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.

Frank Norris (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist of the Progressive Era, whose fiction was mostly in the naturalist genre.[1][2][3][4][5] His famous works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Tale of California (1901), and The Pit (1903).

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ISBN 13 9780140187588
ISBN 10 0140187588
Title The Pit
Author Frank Norris
Series The Epic Of The Wheat
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1994-08-01
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.