The Pit: A Story of Chicago
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The Pit: A Story of Chicago is a 1903 naturalist novel by Frank Norris that dramatizes the speculative frenzy and human consequences surrounding wheat trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Pit: A Story of Chicago canonical | 3 |
| A Story of Chicago | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
naturalist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Frank Norris ⓘ |
| completedBy | Frank Norris ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Chicago commodities market
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wheat pit trading ⓘ |
| explores |
psychological effects of market speculation
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tension between love and financial ambition ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| follows | The Octopus: A Story of California ⓘ |
| genre |
naturalism
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Landry Court
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Laura Dearborn ⓘ Sheldon Corthell ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Curtis Jadwin ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Chicago Board of Trade
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wheat ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle |
The Pit: A Story of Chicago
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
A Story of Chicago
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| hasTitle | The Pit ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | The Octopus: A Story of California ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American naturalism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | key work of American naturalist fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
commodities speculation
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financial speculation ⓘ greed ⓘ human cost of capitalism ⓘ market manipulation ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ wheat trading ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | impact of wheat speculation on individuals and society ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 400 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Epic of the Wheat ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | second novel ⓘ |
| precedes | unwritten third novel of The Epic of the Wheat ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Doubleday
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surface form:
Doubleday, Page & Company
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| setInLocation |
Chicago
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Chicago Board of Trade ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | wheat market cornering attempt ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A Story of Chicago