Full name: The Pit: A Story of Chicago

Author: Frank Norris Year: 1903 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Classic, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: Barns&Noble Amazon eBooks.com ManyBooks LibraryThing Goodreads ISBNs: 9781490979038 1490979034

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. This book is part of the "The Epic of the Wheat" series. Here are some other books from this series: "The Octopus" First published in 1901 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Studs Lonigan by James T. Farrell The Flaming Corsage by William Kennedy Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy Point Omega by Don DeLillo Up Above the World by Paul Bowles An Adultery by Alexander Theroux Nexus by Henry Miller Bullet Park by John Cheever John's Wife by Robert Coover The New Me by Halle Butler Lancelot by Walker Percy Black Spring by Henry Miller The Professor of Desire by Philip Roth Never Come Morning by Nelson Algren The Octopus by Frank Norris Independent People by Halldor Laxness The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West The Fortress by Mesa Selimovic