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The Pit a Story of Chicago

The Pit a Story of Chicago

Norris, Frank

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ISBN10: 1417938781
ISBN13: 9781417938780
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jul 26 2004
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Pit: A Story of Chicago is a novel written by Frank Norris and published in 1903. The story takes place in Chicago during the late 19th century and follows the lives of two main characters, Curtis Jadwin and Laura Dearborn. Jadwin is a wealthy speculator who is obsessed with making money through trading wheat futures, while Dearborn is a young woman from a wealthy family who becomes entangled in Jadwin's world.As the story unfolds, Jadwin becomes increasingly fixated on his financial success, leading him to make risky investments and neglect his relationship with Dearborn. Meanwhile, Dearborn struggles to reconcile her own desires with the expectations of her family and society.As the wheat market fluctuates and financial tensions rise, the characters are forced to confront the consequences of their actions and the true nature of their relationships. Through vivid descriptions of Chicago's bustling financial district and the lives of its inhabitants, Norris paints a portrait of a city and a society on the brink of change.The Pit is a powerful exploration of greed, love, and the consequences of unchecked ambition, and remains a classic of American literature.1905. The overriding theme in Norris' fiction is the impact of industrialization on peaceful agricultural communities and the consequent chaos in the lives of people who lived in these communities. Norris's cautionary tale about the addictiveness of speculating on the Chicago wheat market and the power that it has over the rest of the world, The Pit is a a historical/romance book featuring Laura Dearborn who has moved to Chicago from Boston. Almost immediately, she is beset by a variety of suitors. However, she is most taken by Curtis Jadwin, a sophisticated businessman who is influential on the Chicago Board of Trade. After marrying Laura, the conservative speculator, makes a nice profit on the wheat market, but then becomes obsessive over controlling it. As the story unfolds, his wealth grows in a short period of time and for a while he captures the market. Ultimately, though, the market corrects itself and he must save his fortune as well as his wife, Laura, whose love begins to flee from lack of attention from Jadwin. Overall this is a good read whose themes transcend to current times. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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