The Pit (Norris novel)

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The Pit

First edition
Author	Frank Norris
Language	English
Series	The Epic of Wheat Trilogy
Publisher	Doubleday, Page & Co.
Publication date	1903
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
OCLC	6474431
Preceded by	The Octopus
Followed by	The Wolf (planned, but never completed)

The Pit: A Story of Chicago is a 1903 novel by Frank Norris. Set in the wheat speculation trading pits at the Chicago Board of Trade Building, it was the second book in what was to be the trilogy The Epic of the Wheat. The first book, The Octopus, was published in 1901. Norris died unexpectedly in October 1902 from appendicitis, leaving the third book, The Wolf: A Story of Empire, incomplete. Together the three novels were to follow the journey of a crop of wheat from its planting in California to its ultimate consumption as bread in Western Europe.