The Pit (novel)

The Pit (novel)

Infobox Book
name = The Pit
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author = Frank Norris
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country = United States
language = English
series = the Epic of Wheat trilogy
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publisher = Doubleday, Page & Co.
release_date = 1903
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = NA
oclc = 6474431
preceded_by = The Octopus
followed_by = Wolf "(planned, but never completed)

The Pit is a 1903 novel by Frank Norris. Detailing wheat speculation and the trading pits at the Chicago Board of Trade Building, it was the second in what was to be the Epic of Wheat trilogy (the first being "The Octopus" (1901)). The third book, "Wolf", was never completed.

It served as the basis for "A Corner in Wheat" a 1909 short film directed by D. W. Griffith which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread.

External links

*gutenberg|4382|The Pit (plain text)
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3Apit%20creator%3Afrank%20norris%20-contributor%3Agutenberg%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts "The Pit"] , available at Internet Archive (scanned books)
* [http://www.asiaing.com/the-pit-a-story-of-chicago-by-frank-norris.html "The Pit"] , free e-Book in PDF format.


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