UNLIMITED Audiobooks and eBooks
Over 40,000 books & works on all major devices
Get ALL YOU CAN for FREE for 30 days!
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories
Frank Norris
Book Overview:
This collection of Frank Norris' stories was published after his death in 1902. These stories range in topic from the machinations of the commodities market in Chicago in "A Deal in Wheat" to a desperate race for love in "The Riding of Felipe." "A Deal in Wheat" contains the kernel of Norris' last novel The Pit.
This collection of Frank Norris' stories was published after his death in 1902. These stories range in topic from the machinations of the commodities market in Chicago in "A Deal in Wheat" to a desperate race for love in "The Riding of Felipe." "A Deal in Wheat" contains the kernel of Norris' last novel The Pit.
How does All You Can Books work?
All You Can Books gives you UNLIMITED access to over 40,000 Audiobooks, eBooks, and Foreign Language courses. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language e-workbooks as you want during the FREE trial and it's all yours to keep even if you cancel during the FREE trial. The service works on any major device including computers, smartphones, music players, e-readers, and tablets. You can try the service for FREE for 30 days then it's just $19.99 per month after that. So for the price everyone else charges for just 1 book, we offer you UNLIMITED audio books, e-books and language courses to download and enjoy as you please. No restrictions.
"Well?"
"He's all right; only a superficial wound. He'll recover. But you—how about you? All right? Well, that is a good hearing. You've had a lucky escape, my boy."
"I have had a lucky escape," shouted Lockwood. "You don't know just how lucky it was."
A BARGAIN WITH PEG-LEG"Hey, youse!" shouted the car-boy. He brought his trundling, jolting, loose-jointed car to a halt by the face of the drift. "Hey, youse!" he shouted again.
Bunt shut off the Burly air-drill and nodded.
"Chaw," he remarked to me.
We clambered into the car, and, as the boy released the brake, rolled out into the main tunnel of the Big Dipple, and banged and bumped down the long incline that led to the mouth.
"Chaw" was dinner. It was one o'clock in the morning, and the men on the nig. . . Read More
Try now for FREE!
"Love your service - thanks so much for what you do!"
- Customer Cathryn Mazer
"I did not realize that you would have so many audio books I would enjoy"
- Customer Sharon Morrison
"For all my fellow Audio Book & E-Book regulars:
This is about as close to nirvana as I have found!"
- Twitter post from @bobbyekat
Community Reviews
LOVED IT!
I had to read this twice to comprehend it. The broken up story confused me a bit at first but after dissection, I see that an interesting naturalist shirt story that follows a man and his journey from farmer to beggar to success.
To be honest, I was prepared to dislike this short story collection. I had read Norris' novels "The Octopus" and "McTeague" several years ago, and had been disappointed. But this collection drew me in with strong writing, well crafted plots, and unexpected conclusions that dripped with irony. The st
Some of the stories are quite dated but still Frank Norris manages to keep the feel of the period in the content, subjects of his stories. The best Norris book is still McTeague.
Jack London Lite
I like Norris' voice. He uses slang and jargon a bit, which lend verisimilitude. I really love that these are, to me, local stories. Because they were written so long ago they're kind of like historical fiction. Since my reviews are for my own reference, note there are good plot elem
2/5 Stars
This was an interesting one. The use of the bear and the bull to give meaning to the kind of cut throat nature that businesses and the economy can play in people’s lives was done really well. However, that was the only thing that interested me about it, and there wasn’t much there. I am jus
A short story of wheat dealers.
This one had a great lesson. What happens when greed and trickery happens. Great story