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The Pit

Frank Norris

2000332 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2000
first published
  • 2005IndyPublish.com · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9781414243900
  • 2005IndyPublish.com · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9781414243894
  • 2001Adamant Media Corporation · 391 pages · ENGISBN 9781402196256
  • 2004Kessinger Publishing · 428 pages · ENGISBN 9781417938780
  • 2007Dodo Press · 356 pages · ENGISBN 9781406540086
  • 2003IndyPublish.com · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9781414208060
  • 2003IndyPublish.com · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9781414208077
  • 2002IndyPublish.com · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9781404326613

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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Character focusTwo hander

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Romance levelCentral

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