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The pit; a story of Chicago

"The second volume of the author's unfinished 'The epic of the wheat' trilogy 'is a story of manipulations in the Chicago Exchange. Curtis Jadwin, a stock spectacular, is so absorbed in making money that he neglects his emotionally starved wife Laura. Into this situation steps Sheldon Corthell, dilettante artist, to console her. Laura loves her husband, and postpones for awhile going away with the aesthete. Meanwhile, Jadwin engages in a struggle with the Crookes gang of speculators. He beats them, but is crushed by fluctuations in wheat production. He and Laura effect a reconciliation.'" Haydn. Thesaurus of Book Dig "A novel 'dealing with the wheat market of Chicago. The hero is Curtis Jadwin, whose winning of Laura Dearborn and subsequent growing prosperity mark him as a successful man. He is ruined in the Pit, but his misfortune winds back for him the love and devotion of his wife.'" Benét. The Reader's Encyclopedia.

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  • "Epic of the wheat"@en
  • "Epic of the wheat"
  • "Complete works"
  • "Story of Chicago"@en
  • "Story of Chicago"
  • "Octopus"@en
  • "Internet Wiretap edition of The pit"@en

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  • ""The second volume of the author's unfinished 'The epic of the wheat' trilogy 'is a story of manipulations in the Chicago Exchange. Curtis Jadwin, a stock spectacular, is so absorbed in making money that he neglects his emotionally starved wife Laura. Into this situation steps Sheldon Corthell, dilettante artist, to console her. Laura loves her husband, and postpones for awhile going away with the aesthete. Meanwhile, Jadwin engages in a struggle with the Crookes gang of speculators. He beats them, but is crushed by fluctuations in wheat production. He and Laura effect a reconciliation.'" Haydn. Thesaurus of Book Dig "A novel 'dealing with the wheat market of Chicago. The hero is Curtis Jadwin, whose winning of Laura Dearborn and subsequent growing prosperity mark him as a successful man. He is ruined in the Pit, but his misfortune winds back for him the love and devotion of his wife.'" Benét. The Reader's Encyclopedia."@en
  • ""Reprint of a 1902 novel which tells the story of Curtis Jadwin, a man whose increasing attention to earning money in the wheat market of Chicago almost destroys his marriage." ***"In the sequel to 'The Octopus, ' Curtis Jadwin works so hard to make money on the Chicago stock exchange that he ignores his loving wife." ***"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." *** "Curtis Jadwin, a successful turn-of-the-century dealer in Chicago real estate, overcomes reluctance and begins gambling in wheat futures in the great Chicago grain market called 'The Pit, ' bring on financial panic across the nation. Jadwin's pursuit of power and excitement through speculation had estranged him from his beautiful wife, Laura, who had found herself losing out to the Pit in competition for his live and attention. But the collapse of his paper empire, in which he loses everything, real property included, reunites them as they look to begin life anew in the West." Howard. America as Story."@en
  • ""Reprint of a 1902 novel which tells the story of Curtis Jadwin, a man whose increasing attention to earning money in the wheat market of Chicago almost destroys his marriage." ***"In the sequel to 'The Octopus, ' Curtis Jadwin works so hard to make money on the Chicago stock exchange that he ignores his loving wife." ***"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." *** "Curtis Jadwin, a successful turn-of-the-century dealer in Chicago real estate, overcomes reluctance and begins gambling in wheat futures in the great Chicago grain market called 'The Pit, ' bring on financial panic across the nation. Jadwin's pursuit of power and excitement through speculation had estranged him from his beautiful wife, Laura, who had found herself losing out to the Pit in competition for his live and attention. But the collapse of his paper empire, in which he loses everything, real property included, reunites them as they look to begin life anew in the West." Howard. America as Story."
  • "The story of Curtis Jadwin, a man whose increasing attention to earning money in the wheat market of Chicago almost destroys his marriage. This book is a literary critique of the turn-of-the century capitalism."
  • "The story of Curtis Jadwin, a man whose increasing attention to earning money in the wheat market of Chicago almost destroys his marriage. This book is a literary critique of the turn-of-the century capitalism."@en
  • "A novel detailing wheat speculation and the trading pits at the Chicago Board of Trade Building."
  • "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."@en

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  • "Cancellation (Publishing)"@en
  • "Dummies"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Didactic fiction"@en
  • "Didactic fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Movie novels"@en
  • "Specimens"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Powieść amerykańska"

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  • "The pit the epic of the wheat. A story of Chicago"
  • "Malstrømmen, en bog om Chicago"
  • "The pit; a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The pit; a story of Chicago"
  • "The Pit ; a story of Chicago"
  • "The pit; a story of a Chicago"@en
  • "Syvänne : kuvauksia Chicagon pörssipiireistä"@fi
  • "The pit : Volume 1"
  • "The pit. Vol. 2"
  • "The Pit"@en
  • "The Pit"
  • "The pit. A story of Chicago. [Being vol. 2 of the epic of the wheat.]"@en
  • "The pit a story of chicago"@en
  • "The pit, the epic of the wheat ; a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago / by Frank Norris"
  • "The pit : a story of Chigaco"
  • "The pit : a storyof Chicago"
  • "Pit"
  • "Pit"@en
  • "The pit : A story of Chicago : (8. printing)"
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago in two volumes"
  • "The pit"
  • "The pit"@en
  • "The Pit : A Story of Chicago"@en
  • "The Pit : a story of Chicago ; the epic of the wheat"
  • "The pit : A story of Chicago"
  • "The pit : the epic of the wheat : a story of Chicago ; in two volumes / 2"
  • "Omut : [traduit de l'américain en russe]"
  • "The Pit : a story of Chicago"
  • "The Pit : a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago"
  • "The Pit : a Story of Chicago"
  • "The pit a story of Chicago; in 2 vol"
  • "The pit ; a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago Vol. 1"
  • "The pit : the epic of the wheat : a story of Chicago ; in two volumes"
  • "The pit, a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The Pit, a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The Pit : [novel]"
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago in two volumes. Vol. 1"
  • "The pit, a story of Chicago : [part of the trilogy of the epic of the wheat.]"
  • "Malstrømmen : En Bog om Chicago"@da
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago : the epic of the wheat"
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago : the epic of the wheat"@en
  • "The pit a story of Chicago"
  • "The pit a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The Pit: a story of Chicago"@en
  • "The pit the epic of the wheat"@en
  • "Potega gieŁdy = The pit : powieśc"
  • "The pit, a story of Chicago. [The epic of the wheat.]"@en
  • "The pit. Volume 2"
  • "Hvirfveln : en bok om Chicago"
  • "Omut : roman"
  • "The pit : a story of Chicago in two volumes. Vol. 2"
  • "The pit. Vol. 1"
  • "The Pit ; a story of Chicago : by Frank Norris"@en
  • "The pit : the epic of the wheat : a story of Chicago ; in two volumes / 1"
  • "Potęga giełdy : powieść"@pl
  • "Potega giełdy (The pit) Powieść"

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