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The Jungle - A Complete and Unabridged Edition of Upton Sinclair's Classic Exposé of Industry, Labor, and Social Reform
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ISBN13: 9781617200786
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Published: Sep 1 2010
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Pit: A Story of Chicago is Frank Norris's powerful novel of speculation, ambition, and financial ruin set in the turbulent world of the Chicago grain markets. First published in 1903, the book forms the second volume of Norris's planned trilogy The Epic of the Wheat, a sweeping literary project examining the economic forces shaping modern society.
At the center of the story is Curtis Jadwin, a wealthy and driven businessman whose obsession with controlling the wheat market leads him into the chaotic world of commodity speculation. As fortunes rise and collapse within the frenzied trading floor known as the pit, Norris portrays the grain exchange as a modern battlefield where greed, ambition, and risk collide. Jadwin's growing fixation with dominating the market gradually threatens both his fortune and his marriage.
Combining vivid realism with dramatic storytelling, Norris captures the volatile energy of turn-of-the-century Chicago while exploring larger themes of economic power, human ambition, and the unpredictable forces of modern capitalism. The Pit remains one of the most significant American novels dealing with financial markets and the social consequences of speculative wealth.
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