Download or read book The Pit written by Frank Norris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-08-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.