The Pit

Frank Norris (1870 - 1902)

The Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels:
THE OCTOPUS,, a Story of California.
THE PIT, a Story of Chicago.
THE WOLF, a Story of Europe.
These novels, while forming a series, will be in no way connected with each other save only in their relation to (1) the production, (2) the distribution, (3) the consumption of American wheat. When complete, they will form the story of a crop of wheat from the time of its sowing as seed in California to the time of its consumption as bread in a village of Western Europe.
The first novel, "The Octopus," deals with the war between the wheat grower and the Railroad Trust; the second, "The Pit," is the fictitious narrative of a "deal" in the Chicago wheat pit; while the third, "The Wolf," will probably have for its pivotal episode the relieving of a famine in an Old World community.
- Summary by Frank Norris

Genre(s): General Fiction

Language: English

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Play 01 Chapter I, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 02 Chapter I, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 03 Chapter I, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 04 Chapter II, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 05 Chapter II, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 06 Chapter II, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 07 Chapter III, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 08 Chapter III, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 09 Chapter III, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 10 Chapter IV, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 11 Chapter IV, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 12 Chapter IV, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 13 Chapter V, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 14 Chapter V, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 15 Chapter V, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 16 Chapter V, part 4 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 17 Chapter VI, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 18 Chapter VI, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 19 Chapter VI, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 20 Chapter VI, part 4 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 21 Chapter VII, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 24 Chapter VII, part 4 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 25 Chapter VIII, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 26 Chapter VIII, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 27 Chapter VIII, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 28 Chapter VIII, part 4 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 29 Chapter VIII, part 5 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 30 Chapter IX, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 31 Chapter IX, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 32 Chapter IX, part 4 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 33 Chapter IX, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 34 Chapter X, part 1 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 35 Chapter X, part 2 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 36 Chapter X, part 4 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 37 Chapter X, part 3 Delmar H Dolbier
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Play 38 Conclusion Delmar H Dolbier
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