The Pit (novel)

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The Pit is a 1903 novel by Frank Norris. It was the second in what was to be the Epic of Wheat trilogy (the first being The Octopus (1901)).

It served as the basis for A Corner in Wheat a 1909 short film directed by D. W. Griffith which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread.


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